Enable Redundant Management

Redundant management provides fault tolerance for the management path.

About this task

Follow this procedure on a supported SLX device. For more information, see Redundant Management Network Overview.

Procedure

  1. Enter global configuration mode.
    device# configure terminal
  2. Enter interface configuration mode.
    device(config)# interface ethernet 0/32
  3. Enable Redundant Management.
    device(conf-if-eth-0/32)# redundant-management enable

Example

The following example configures Ethernet 0/32 at 10G speed.

device# config
device(config)# interface ethernet 0/32
device(conf-if-eth-0/32)# redundant-management enable
device(conf-if-eth-0/32)# no shut

The following example configures Ethernet 0/32 at 1G speed.

device# config
device(config)# interface ethernet 0/32
device(conf-if-eth-0/32)# speed 1000
device(conf-if-eth-0/32)# redundant-management enable
device(conf-if-eth-0/32)# no shut

The following example configures Ethernet 0/32 on an SLX 9250 with a Mellanox adapter at 1G speed.

device# conf t
device(config)# hardware
device(config-hardware)# connector 0/32
device(config-connector-0/32)# breakout mode 4x1G
device(config-connector-0/32)# end
device# conf t
device(config)# interface ethernet 0/32:1
device(conf-if-eth-0/32:1)# redundant-management enable
device(conf-if-eth-0/32:1)# no shut

Example

The following examples show interface details when redundant management is enabled.
device# show interface management 0

interface Management 0
line-speed actual "1000baseT, Duplex: Full"
oper-status up
ip address "static 10.x.x.x/22"
ip gateway-address 10.x.x.x
ipv6 ipv6-address [ ]
ipv6 ipv6-gateways [ ]
redundant management port 0/32
device# show ip interface brief

Flags: I - Insight Enabled U - Unnumbered interface M - Redundant management port
Interface  	    IP-Address     Vrf  	      Status    	  Protocol
================   ===========    =========     =====================   ========
Ethernet 0/1       unassigned     default-vrf   administratively down   down
Ethernet 0/2       unassigned     default-vrf   administratively down   down
...
Ethernet 0/32 (M)  unassigned     mgmt-vrf      administratively down   down
...
device# show interface ethernet 0/32

Ethernet 0/32 is admin down, line protocol is down (admin down)
Redundant management mode is enabled
Hardware is Ethernet, address is 609c.9f5a.a35f
Current address is 609c.9f5a.a35f
Pluggable media not present
Description: Insight port
Interface index (ifindex) is 202350592 (0xc0fa000)
MTU 9216 bytes
Maximum Speed : 10G
LineSpeed Actual : Nil
LineSpeed Configured : Auto, Duplex: Full
Priority Tag disable
Forward LACP PDU: Disable
Route Only: Disabled
Tag-type: 0x8100
Last clearing of show interface counters: 00:01:13
Queueing strategy: fifo
FEC Mode - Disabled
Receive Statistics:
0 packets, 0 bytes
Unicasts: 0, Multicasts: 0, Broadcasts: 0
64-byte pkts: 0, Over 64-byte pkts: 0, Over 127-byte pkts: 0
Over 255-byte pkts: 0, Over 511-byte pkts: 0, Over 1023-byte pkts: 0
Over 1518-byte pkts(Jumbo): 0
Runts: 0, Jabbers: 0, CRC: 0, Overruns: 0
Errors: 0, Discards: 0
Transmit Statistics:
0 packets, 0 bytes
Unicasts: 0, Multicasts: 0, Broadcasts: 0
Underruns: 0
Errors: 0, Discards: 0
Rate info:
Input 0.000000 Mbits/sec, 0 packets/sec, 0.00% of line-rate
Output 0.000000 Mbits/sec, 0 packets/sec, 0.00% of line-rate
Route-Only Packets Dropped: 0
Time since last interface status change: 00:01:13