Link state group – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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link state group

link state group

Use the link state group interface configuration command to configure a port as a member of a link-state
group. Use the no form of this command to remove the port from the link-state group.

link state group [number] {upstream | downstream}

no link state group [number] {upstream | downstream}

Syntax Description

Defaults

The default group is group 1.

Command Modes

Interface configuration

Command History

Usage Guidelines

Use the link state group interface configuration command to configure a port as an upstream or
downstream interface for the specified link-state group. If the group number is omitted, the default group
number is 1.

To enable link-state tracking, create a link-state group, and specify the interfaces that are assigned to the
link-state group. An interface can be an aggregation of ports (an EtherChannel), a single physical port
in access or trunk mode, or a routed port. In a link-state group, these interfaces are bundled together. The
downstream interfaces are bound to the upstream interfaces. Interfaces connected to servers are referred
to as downstream interfaces, and interfaces connected to distribution switches and network devices are
referred to as upstream interfaces.

For more information about the interactions between the downstream and upstream interfaces, see the
“Configuring EtherChannels and Link-State Tracking” chapter of the software configuration guide for
this release.

Follow these guidelines to avoid configuration problems:

An interface that is defined as an upstream interface cannot also be defined as a downstream
interface in the same or a different link-state group. The reverse is also true.

An interface cannot be a member of more than one link-state group.

You can configure only ten link-state groups per stacking-capable switch and two link-state groups
per nonstacking-capable switch.

number

(Optional) Specify the link-state group number. For a stacking-capable
switch, the group number can be 1 to 10. For a nonstacking-capable
switch, the group number can be from 1 to 2. The default is 1.

upstream

Configure a port as an upstream port for a specific link-state group.

downstream

Configure a port as a downstream port for a specific link-state group.

Release

Modification

12.2(40)EX1

This command was introduced.

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