Configuring VLACP on an Extreme Integrated Application Hosting Port

Note

Note

This procedure only applies to VSP 4900 Series and VSP 7400 Series.

About this task

Perform this procedure to enable Virtual Link Aggregation Control Protocol (VLACP) on an Extreme Integrated Application Hosting (IAH) port. VLACP periodically checks the end-to-end health of a point-to-point connection.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation tree, expand Configuration > Edit > Insight Port.
  2. Select the IAH port you want to configure.
  3. Select the VLACP tab.
  4. Select AdminEnable.
  5. Configure the other parameters as required.
  6. Select Apply.

VLACP Field Descriptions

Use data in the following table to configure the VLACP tab.

Name

Description

AdminEnable

Enables VLACP on the Extreme Integrated Application Hosting (IAH) port. The default is disabled.

OperEnable

Specifies the VLACP operational status for the IAH port. The default is false.

FastPeriodicTimer

Specifies the number of milliseconds between periodic transmissions using short timeouts. Set the same value for all LACP enabled IAH ports. The default value is 200.

SlowPeriodicTimer

Specifies the number of milliseconds between periodic transmissions using long timeouts. Set the same value for all LACP enabled IAH ports. The default value is 30000.

Timeout

Specifies the timeout control value. The default value is long.

TimeoutScale

Specifies the value used to calculate timeout duration from the periodic time for all VLACP enabled IAH ports.

Timeout = PeriodicTime x TimeoutScale.

The default value is 3.

EtherType

Specifies the VLACP protocol identification. The ID is in hexadecimal format.

The default value is 0x8103.

EtherMacAddress

Specifies the multicast MAC address exclusively used for VLACPDUs.

PortState

Specifies the VLACP port state.