Dell S3048-ON, Configuration Manual

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Description Behavior at Peer Up Behavior During Run Time Action to Take
information, refer to the Release
Notes for this release.
VLT LAG ID is not configured on
one VLT peer A syslog error message is
generated. The peer with the
VLT configured remains active. A syslog error message is
generated. The peer with the
VLT configured remains active. Verify the VLT LAG ID is
configured correctly on both VLT
peers.
VLT LAG ID mismatch
The VLT port channel is brought
down.
A syslog error message is
generated.
The VLT port channel is brought
down.
A syslog error message is
generated.
Perform a mismatch check after
the VLT peer is established.
Reconfiguring Stacked Switches as VLT
To convert switches that have been stacked to VLT peers, use the following procedure.
1 Remove the current configuration from the switches. You will need to split the configuration up for each switch.
2 Copy the files to the flash memory of the appropriate switch.
3 Copy the files on the flash drive to the startup-config.
4 Reset the stacking ports to user ports for both switches.
5 Reload the stack and confirm the new configurations have been applied.
6 On the Secondary switch (stack-unit 2), enter the command
stack-unit 2 renumber 1
.
7 Confirm the reload query.
8 After reloading, confirm that VLT is enabled.
9 Confirm that the management ports are interconnected or connected to a switch that can transfer Heartbeat information.
Specifying VLT Nodes in a PVLAN
You can configure VLT peer nodes in a private VLAN (PVLAN). VLT enables redundancy without the implementation of Spanning Tree
Protocol (STP), and provides a loop-free network with optimal bandwidth utilization.
Because the VLT LAG interfaces are terminated on two different nodes, PVLAN configuration of VLT VLANs and VLT LAGs are
symmetrical and identical on both the VLT peers. PVLANs provide Layer 2 isolation between ports within the same VLAN. A PVLAN
partitions a traditional VLAN into sub-domains identified by a primary and secondary VLAN pair. With VLT being a Layer 2 redundancy
mechanism, support for configuration of VLT nodes in a PVLAN enables Layer 2 security functionalities. To achieve maximum VLT resiliency,
you should configure the PVLAN IDs and mappings to be identical on both the VLT peer nodes.
The association of PVLAN with the VLT LAG must also be identical. After the VLT LAG is configured to be a member of either the primary
or secondary PVLAN (which is associated with the primary), ICL becomes an automatic member of that PVLAN on both switches. This
association helps the PVLAN data flow received on one VLT peer for a VLT LAG to be transmitted on that VLT LAG from the peer.
You can associate either a VLT VLAN or a VLT LAG to a PVLAN. First configure the VLT interconnect (VLTi) or a VLT LAG by using the
peer-link port-channel id-number command or the VLT VLAN by using the peer-link port-channel id-number
peer-down-vlan vlan interface number
command and the
switchport
command. After you specify the VLTi link and VLT
LAGs, you can associate the same port channel or LAG bundle that is a part of a VLT to a PVLAN by using the
interface interface
and
switchport mode private-vlan
commands.
When a VLTi port in trunk mode is a member of symmetric VLT PVLANs, the PVLAN packets are forwarded only if the PVLAN settings of
both the VLT nodes are identical. You can configure the VLTi in trunk mode to be a member of non-VLT PVLANs if the VLTi is configured
on both the peers. MAC address synchronization is performed for VLT PVLANs across peers in a VLT domain.
928 Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)