How monitor link works, Configuring monitor link – H3C Technologies H3C S3100 Series Switches User Manual

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How Monitor Link Works

Figure 2-2 Network diagram for a Monitor Link group implementation

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Switch A

Switch B

Eth1/0/1

Eth1/0/2

Switch C

Switch D

Switch E

Eth1/0/1

Eth1/0/2

Eth1/0/3

Eth1/0/1

Eth1/0/2

Eth1/0/11

Eth1/0/12

As shown in

Figure 2-2

, the devices Switch C and Switch D are connected to the uplink device Switch E.

Switch C is configured with a Monitor Link group, where Ethernet1/0/1 is the uplink port, while

Ethernet1/0/2 and Ethernet1/0/3 are the downlink ports. Switch A is configured with a Smart Link group,

where Ethernet1/0/1 is the master port and Ethernet1/0/2 is the slave port.

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If Switch C is not configured with Monitor Link group, when the link for the uplink port Ethernet1/0/1

on Switch C fails, the links in the Smart Link group are not switched because the link for the master

port Ethernet1/0/1 of Switch A configured with Smart Link group operates normally. Actually,

however, the traffic on Switch A cannot be up-linked to Switch E through the link of Ethernet1/0/1.

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If Switch C is configured with Monitor Link group and Monitor Link group detects that the link for the

uplink port Ethernet1/0/1 fails, all the downlink ports in the group are shut down; therefore,

Ethernet1/0/3 on Switch C is blocked. Now, Smart Link group configured on Switch A detects that a

link fault occurs on the master port Ethernet1/0/1. Then, Smart Link immediately activates the slave

port Ethernet1/0/2 so that traffic is switched to the backup link.

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Currently, member ports of a Monitor Link group cannot be dynamic link aggregation groups.

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If the uplink or downlink port in the Monitor Link group is a link aggregation group, you cannot

directly delete this aggregation group or change this aggregation group into a dynamic aggregation

group. To delete this aggregation group, you must first unbind this aggregation group from the

Monitor Link.

Configuring Monitor Link

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