Brocade VDX 8770-8 Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 28)

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High availability
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Port groups for configuring operation modes are illustrated in Figure 3 . If you configure a port group
in Performance mode, the first two ports in a group are enabled for Performance mode. The third
port is disabled as it can only be configured in density mode only. I If you configure the port group in
Density mode, all three ports are enabled for density mode. To identify the port group, use the
format rbridge-id/slot-id/port group-id. For example, 1/3/9 denotes RBridge 1, slot 3, and
port-group-id 9.
FIGURE 3 Port groups for configuring Performance and Density modes on 27x40 GbE line card
To configure Performance and Density modes for line card port groups using Network OS
commands, refer to
“Configuring operating modes on 27x40 GbE line cards” .
High availability
High availability is currently limited to management module configuration synchronization. Failover
to the standby module will occur in case of active module failure, but the standby module will go
through a cold recovery in which all system components are reset. This will disrupt traffic on the
chassis. The reset could take up to eight minutes depending on chassis configuration and traffic
load.
Software features
The following is a partial list of the features supported in the software. Refer to the Network OS
Administrator’s Guide for details on software and supported features.
Layer 2
• Layer 2 data forwarding
• MAC learning and aging
• Brocade Trunking
• Priority Flow Control (PFC)
5 13-15
6 16-18
7 19-21
8 22-24
9 25-27
TABLE 2 27x40 GbE line card port groups
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