Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 634)

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About Multi-Chassis Trunk (MCT)
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8. Configure the client role revertible mode
9. Configure the client role revertible timer
10. Configure the MCT peer for this cluster.
11. Configure the ICL port or LAG being used for the cluster.
12. Configure the MCT peer for this cluster.
13. Deploy the cluster. All attributes except for client or member VLANs cannot be changed after
the cluster is deployed.
14. Configure the MCT cluster client instances.
After deploying the cluster, both cluster peers will start exchanging their cluster mode and client
role information. The selection will take place based on the criteria mention in
Table 80 .
Sample Active-Passive MCT cluster configurations
Cluster MCT1 1
rbridge-id 100
mode-active-passive
client-role active
client-role-revertible-delay timer 5
l2vpn-peer 12.12.12.12 rbridge-id 101
deploy
client c1
rbridge-id 100
client-interface ethernet 1/6
deploy
Cluster MCT2 1
rbridge-id 200
mode-active-passive
client-role-revertible-delay timer 5
l2vpn-peer 11.11.11.11 rbridge-id 101
deploy
client c1
client-role passive
rbridge-id 100
client-interface ethernet 1/3
deploy
TABLE 80 Client role election criteria
PE1 client role
configuration PE2 client role configuration Active links of MCT
Active Active Based on the rbridge id
Passive Active PE2
N/A Active PE2
Active Passive PE1
Passive Passive Based on the rbridge id
N/A Passive PE1
Active N/A PE1
Passive N/A PE2
N/A N/A Based on the rbridge id