Implementing VSB

1. Select two chassis of the same platform and model that will be the physical chassis members of the VSB system.
2. Configure each chassis‘ VSB chassis ID and the ID of the VSB system the two chassis belong to.
3. On the S-Series device, assure that the appropriate chassis compatibility mode is set for each VSB chassis. Chassis compatibility mode need not be the same for each chassis.
4. Determine the slots that will be used for the VSB connection and identify the 10GbE ports that will be used to interconnect the chassis. One VSB connection is required between the two chassis; a minimum of two VSB interconnections is highly recommended. VSB interconnect ports should be selected taking into consideration the optimization of bandwidth usage and redundancy.
5. On the S-Series device, set the bonding mode appropriate to the type of interconnect port used (hardware or software).
6. Enable bonding on the selected GbE interconnect ports.
7. Optionally, enable bonding on GbE monitor ports.
8. Validate VSB feature entitlement by activating licenses on any modules not automatically entitled to VSB. See the release notes that come with the firmware for VSB entitlement information.
9. Optionally change the VSB MAC address from the default value. The VSB MAC address defaults to an internal MAC address associated with chassis 1.
10. If LFR monitor ports were enabled, enable LFR on the system.
11. After completing steps 1 — 8, globally enable the VSB system. The system is reset. If the following two optional steps are configured prior to enabling VSB, the configuration is lost.
12. Optionally configure the VSB system for LACP outport local preference.
13. Optionally configure the VSB system for High Availability firmware upgrades.