Monitor Link Configuration; Monitor Link Overview; Terminology - HP A5830 series Configuration Manual

Monitor Link configuration

Monitor Link overview

Monitor Link is a port collaboration function. Monitor Link usually works together with Layer 2 topology
protocols. The idea is to monitor the states of uplink ports and adapt the up/down state of downlink
ports to the up/down state of uplink ports, triggering link switchover on the downstream device in time,
as shown in
Figure
Figure 27 Monitor Link application scenario

Terminology

Monitor link group
A monitor link group is a set of uplink and downlink ports. A port can belong to only one monitor link
group. As shown in
monitor link group. Port1 on both devices are uplink ports, and Port2 on both devices are downlink
ports.
Uplink/Downlink ports
Uplink port and downlink port are two port roles in monitor link groups:
Uplink ports are the monitored ports. The state of a monitor link group adapts to that of its member
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uplink ports. When a monitor link group contains no uplink port or when all uplink ports are down,
the monitor link group becomes down. As long as one member uplink port is up, the monitor link
group stays up.
27.
27, ports Port1 and Port2 of Device B and those of Device D each form a
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