
Operation Manual – Smart Link-Monitor Link
H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Smart Link Configuration
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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 Task List
Complete the following tasks to configure Smart Link:
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.
Follow these steps to configure Smart Link (with ports as the members of the smart link
group):
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Create a smart link
group and enter smart
link group view
smart-link group group-id
Required
Enable the function of
sending flush messages
in the specified control
VLAN
flush enable
control-vlan vlan-id
Required
By default, no
control VLAN
for sending
flush
messages is
specified.