MLAG Deployment

Two Newly Deployed Switches

One Existing Switch and One Newly Deployed Switch

If you already have one switch connected to ExtremeCloud and are deploying a new switch, you will not get a notification. Instead, manually navigate to the page where you will configure the MLAG.

Add a Port on Each Peer to an MLAG

In this deployment use case, a pair of switches have already been configured as MLAG peers. Both peers are operational. A new VPEX switch has been cabled to each peer of the MLAG peer.

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A variation on this use case is that if the ISC link is already set up, the VPEX switch and the MLAG pair will be detected. You will see notification in the user interface that lets you configure MLAG peers on optimally selected ports.

To add a port to each MLAG peer:

1. From the left menu, select Devices > MLAG.
2. From the list of existing MLAG peers, select the one you want to configure.
3. Select one port or a list of ports on each of MLAG peer.
4. Select Save. The MLAG ports are saved to a LAG if they are not already LAG port. The MLAG is created and the MLAG port is enabled.

Detect When Switches Coming Under Management Have MLAG Enabled Already

In this use case, you already have MLAG peer switches in your environment (the ISC links and MLAG ports have already been configured by you or by a script such as ztpstack). When you add these existing MLAG peer switches to ExtremeCloud orchestration, Topology Manager detects and imports the existing MLAG instance to ExtremeCloud.