Uplink Interface Connectivity
Configure Uplink Interface Connectivity
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Configure Uplink Interface Connectivity
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Recommendations for Configuring an Uplink Interface to a Router or Switch
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Configure QoS on an Uplink EtherChannel Interfaces
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Configure an Uplink Interface as an EtherChannel and as a Trunk
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Configure Security Features on an Uplink EtherChannel Interface
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Spanning-Tree Recommendations for an Uplink Interface Connecting to a Distribution Switch
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Verify Uplink Interface Configurations
Recommendations for Configuring an Uplink Interface to a Router or Switch
When configuring your uplink interface, follow the below recommendations to guide you through the
configuration from interface to upstream router or switch:
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Make sure that the uplink connections from the switch stack to the distribution switches have enough
bandwidth to carry the traffic associated with all of the access interfaces on the switch stack.
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Use EtherChannels to increase resilience of in case an uplink interface fails.
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For EtherChannels, use Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) active-active mode, which
adheres to the IEEE 802.3ad standard. The active-active mode implies that both the switch stack as
well as the distribution switch side of the EtherChannel must be configured in LACP active mode.
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Use uplink ports on the different switches in the switch stack to connect back to the distribution
switches. This configuration ensures that there is no single source of failure for the switch stack. If
a switch in the stack owning one of the uplink connections fails, there will still be an uplink port
connection from a remaining member of the switch stack connecting back to the distribution
switches.
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All the interfaces are assigned to VLAN 1 by default. Do not configure VLAN 1 on the trunk; this
is to prevent traffic associated with potential user connection errors from propagating across the
trunk.
Configure QoS on an Uplink EtherChannel Interfaces
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This configuration should be applied to the physical uplink interfaces before adding them to an
EtherChannel.
Step 1
Apply the Trust Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) service policy on an interface in the ingress
direction, and then apply the 2P6Q3T policy in order to ensure proper congestion management and
egress bandwidth distribution on the interface in the egress direction.
Ethernet traffic that is received from the upstream switch or router contains trusted QoS markings and
is classified to guarantee a type of service.
Additional service policies should be applied after traffic is transmitted in order to ease congestion. For
more information see,
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