Use the following procedure to configure VLACP for a single port or multiple ports.
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From the navigation tree, double-click Edit. |
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In the Edit tree, double-click Chassis. |
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In the Chassis tree, double-click Ports. |
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Click the VLACP tab. |
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To select a port to edit, click rcPortIndex row. |
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In the port row, double-click the cell in the AdminEnable column. |
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Select a value from the list—true to enable VLACP for the port, or false to disable VLACP for the port. |
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In the port row, double-click the cell in the FastPeriodicTimer column. |
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Type a value in the dialog box. |
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In the port row, double-click the cell in the SlowPeriodicTimer column. |
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Type a value in the dialog box. |
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In the port row, double-click the cell in the Timeout column. |
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Select a value from the list. |
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In the port row, double-click the cell in the TimeoutScale column. |
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Type a value in the dialog box. |
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In the port row, double-click the cell in the EtherType column. |
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Type a value in the dialog box. |
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In the port row, double-click the cell in the EtherMacAddress column. |
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Type a value in the dialog box. |
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You can repeat steps 4 through 19 to configure VLACP for additional ports as required. |
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Click Apply. |
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Use the data in this table to edit the VLACP configuration for individual ports.
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rcPortIndex | Specifies the switch and port number. | |
AdminEnable | Indicates whether VLACP is enabled (true) or disabled (false) on ports. The default value is disabled. | |
OperEnable | Indicates whether VLACP is operationally enabled or disabled. This is a read-only cell.
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FastPeriodicTimer | Specifies the number of milliseconds between periodic transmissions using short timeouts. Valid values range from 400-20000 with a default of 500. | |
SlowPeriodicTimer | Specifies the number of milliseconds between periodic transmissions using long timeouts. Valid values range from 10000-30000 with a default of 30000. | |
Timeout | Specifies whether the timeout control value is a short or long timeout. | |
TimeoutScale |
Specifies the scale value used to calculate timeout from periodic time. Values range from 1–10. The default is 3. With VLACP, a short interval exists between a port transmitting a VLACPDU and the partner port receiving the same VLACPDU.
If the timeout-scale is set to 1, the port timeout value does not take into account the normal travel time of the VLACPDU.
The port expects to receive a VLACPDU at the same moment the partner port sends it. Therefore, the delayed VLACPDU results
in the link being blocked, and then enabled again when the packet arrives. |
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EtherType | Specifies VLACP protocol identification. The value can be entered as a numerical value ranging from 33025–33279 or a hexadecimal equivalent (8101–81ff). The default is 8103. Use the prefix 0x to type a hexadecimal value in the dialog box. Only hexadecimal values display in the EtherType column of the VLACP work area. | |
EtherMacAddress |
Specifies the MAC address of the switch or stack to which a port is sending VLACPDUs. The default value is 00:00:00:00:00:00. It cannot be configured as a multicast MAC. VLACP uses only the multicast MAC address configured when VLACP is enabled globally. This is the Layer 2 destination address
used for the VLACPDUs. If you want an intermediate switch to drop VLACP packets, configure EtherMACAddress with the desired destination MAC address. With EtherMACAddress configured, the intermediate switches do not misinterpret the VLACP packets. |
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PortState | Indicates whether the VLACP port state is up or down. This is a read-only cell.
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