Inserting Additional Bridge Port Extenders on Rings
You can add bridge port extenders (BPEs) to existing Extended Edge Switching ring topologies. You can add BPEs anywhere in the ring.
To add a BPE:
You can add bridge port extenders (BPEs) to existing Extended Edge Switching ring topologies. You can add BPEs anywhere in the ring.
To add a BPE:
If you have auto-configuration enabled (enable vpex auto-configuration), you are finished. If you want to manually configure the rest of the setup (ensure that auto-configuration is disabled), continue with the following steps.
Note
To find where the configured cascades were joined, use the show vpex topology { port port_num} {summary | detail} command, and see where the dynamically created cascade ports ("d" flag) start on the cascade(s).