Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) User Manual

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Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide

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General operating principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
LLDP packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
TLV support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Configuration considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Using LLDP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Enabling LLDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Changing the operating mode of a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Specifying the maximum number of LLDP neighbors . . . . . . . .92
Enable bridging of LLDP BPDUs when LLDP not enabled. . . . .92
Enabling LLDP SNMP notifications and Syslog messages . . . .93
Specifying the minimum time between SNMP traps and
Syslog messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
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Changing the minimum time between LLDP transmissions . . .93
Changing the interval between regular LLDP transmissions . . 94
Changing the holdtime multiplier for transmit TTL . . . . . . . . . . 94
Changing the minimum time between port reinitializations. . . 94
LLDP TLVs advertised by the Brocade device . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Displaying LLDP statistics and configuration settings. . . . . . .101

Resetting LLDP statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

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Brocade NetIron XMR and Brocade MLX Series Link Aggregation

LAG formation rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

LAG load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Hash based load sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Per packet server LAG load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Migrating from a pre-03.7.00 LAG or LACP configuration . . . . . . .117

Configuring a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Creating a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) using
the LAG ID option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
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