Removing bridge port
extenders
from rings
You can permanently remove bridge port extenders (BPEs) from existing Extended Edge
Switching rings.
To remove a BPE:
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Disconnect both connections for the BPE. The ring enters the severed
state.
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Connect the two disconnected ports together. The ring does not re-form at this
time.
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Unconfigure the removed BPEs from the topology using the procedure in Removing Bridge Port Extenders from Slot Assignments.
Configuring a new VPEX port/slot in a ring destroys the ring, and
changes the configured cascades that formed it. For the new cascades, one ends
where the new slot/BPE was added and the other ends at the next BPE that is
connected to the cascade with the new slot/BPE.
