Nsf and voip – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Managing a Switch Stack

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NSF and VoIP

Figure 8-14 shows how NSF maintains existing voice calls during a

Management Unit failure. Assume the top unit is the Management Unit.

When the Management Unit fails, the call from phone A is immediately

disconnected. The call from phone B continues. On the uplink, the

forwarding plane removes the failed LAG member and continues using the

remaining LAG member. If phone B has learned VLAN or priority parameters

through LLDP-MED, it continues to use those parameters. The stack

resumes sending LLDPDUs with MED TLVs once the control plane restarts.

Phone B may miss an LLDPDU from the stack, but should not miss enough

PDUs to revert its VLAN or priority, assuming the administrator has not

reduced the LLDPDU interval or hold count. If phone B is receiving quality

of service from policies installed in the hardware, those policies are retained

across the Management Unit restart.

Figure 8-14. NSF and VoIP

LAG

Phone A

Phone B

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