Operation Manual – Smart Link-Monitor Link
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Smart Link Configuration
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1.2 Configuring Smart Link
Note:
Before configuring a member port of a Smart Link group, you must:
z
Disable the port to avoid loops, thus preventing broadcast storm.
z
Disable STP on the port.
After completing the configuration, you need to enable the Ethernet ports disabled
before configuring the Smart Link group.
1.2.1 Configuration Tasks
Table 1-1
Smart Link configuration tasks
Task
Remarks
Create a Smart Link group
Add member ports to the Smart Link group
Configuring a Smart
Link Device
Enable the function of sending flush
messages in the specified control VLAN
Required
Configuring
Associated Devices
Enable the function of processing flush
messages received from the specified control
VLAN
Required
1.2.2 Configuring a Smart Link Device
A Smart Link device refers to a device on which Smart Link is enabled and a Smart Link
group is configured, and that sends flush messages from the specified control VLAN. A
member port of a Smart Link group can be either an Ethernet port or a
manually-configured or static LACP aggregation group. You can configure a port or a
link aggregation group as a member of a Smart Link group.
Table 1-2
Configure Smart Link (with ports as the members of the Smart Link group)
Operation
Command
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Create a Smart Link
group and enter Smart
Link group view
smart-link group group-id
Required