This command configures the IP address for alternate health check mechanism.
| mlag | Multi-switch Link Aggregation used to combine remote ports and local ports to a common logical connection. |
| peer | Multi-switch Link Aggregation Group peer switch. |
| peer_name | Alphanumeric string identifying the This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, 5320, 5420, 5520 series switches. peer. |
| alternate | Health check on an alternate path. |
| ipaddress | MLAG peer IP address for alternate path health checks. |
| vr | Virtual router. |
| vr_name | Virtual router name. |
| none | Do not use alternate path health checks. |
None.
Use this command to configure the IP address for alternate health check mechanism. Use the none option to unconfigure the configured IP.
The following example displays show mlag peer output with the alternate path IP configured:
w4.10 # show mlag peer
Multi-switch Link Aggregation Peers:
MLAG Peer : sw3
VLAN : two Virtual Router : VR-Default
Local IP Address : 2100:51:2::4
Peer IP Address : 2100:51:2::3
MLAG ports : 1 Tx-Interval : 100 ms
Checkpoint Status : Up Peer Tx-Interval : 100 ms
Rx-Hellos : 13212 Tx-Hellos : 13485
Rx-Checkpoint Msgs: 121 Tx-Checkpoint Msgs: 316
Rx-Hello Errors : 0 Tx-Hello Errors : 0
Hello Timeouts : 0 Checkpoint Errors : 0
Up Time : 0d:0h:17m:47s Peer Conn.Failures: 0
Local MAC : 00:04:96:51:ac:d7 Peer MAC : 00:04:96:36:52:91
Config'd LACP MAC : None Current LACP MAC : 00:04:96:51:ac:d7
Authentication: : md5
Authentication Key: .{:OFarc#'qX)+6zid#smIE+',+)ocijk (encrypted)
Alternate path information:
VLAN : Mgmt Virtual Router : VR-Mgmt
Local IP Address : 10.127.7.74 Peer IP Address : 10.127.7.73
Rx-Hellos : 243 Tx-Hellos : 551
Rx-Hello Errors : 0 Tx-Hello Errors : 0
Hello Timeouts : 1
When the alternate path IP is not configured, the following output is shown:
sw4.10 # show mlag peer
Multi-switch Link Aggregation Peers:
MLAG Peer : sw3
VLAN : two Virtual Router : VR-Default
Local IP Address : 2100:51:2::4
Peer IP Address : 2100:51:2::3
MLAG ports : 1 Tx-Interval : 100 ms
Checkpoint Status : Up Peer Tx-Interval : 100 ms
Rx-Hellos : 13212 Tx-Hellos : 13485
Rx-Checkpoint Msgs: 121 Tx-Checkpoint Msgs: 316
Rx-Hello Errors : 0 Tx-Hello Errors : 0
Hello Timeouts : 0 Checkpoint Errors : 0
Up Time : 0d:0h:17m:47s Peer Conn.Failures: 0
Local MAC : 00:04:96:51:ac:d7 Peer MAC : 00:04:96:36:52:91
Config'd LACP MAC : None Current LACP MAC : 00:04:96:51:ac:d7
Authentication: : md5
Authentication Key: .{:OFarc#'qX)+6zid#smIE+',+)ocijk (encrypted)
Alternate path information: None
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 15.5.
This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, 5320, 5420, 5520 series switches.