About Port Tracking - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

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Configuring Port Tracking
The port tracking feature is unique to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of switches. This feature uses
information about the operational state of the link to initiate a failure in the link that connects the edge
device. This process of converting the indirect failure to a direct failure triggers a faster recovery process
towards redundant links. When enabled, the port tracking feature brings down the configured links based
on the failed link and forces the traffic to be redirected to another redundant link.
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About Port Tracking

Generally, hosts can instantly recover from a link failure on a link that is immediately (direct link)
connected to a switch. However, recovering from an indirect link failure between switches in a WAN or
MAN fabric with a keep-alive mechanism is dependent on several factors such as the time out values
(TOVs) and on registered state change notification (RSCN) information (see the
Model" section on page 37-1
In Figure
ISL 2 fails between the two switches, recovery depends on TOVs, RSCNs, and other factors.
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Direct link 1
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About Port Tracking, page 67-1
Port Tracking, page 67-2
Default Port Tracking Settings, page 67-6
and
67-1, when the direct link 1 to the host fails, recovery can be immediate. However, when the
Traffic Recovery Using Port Tracking
ISL2
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"About RSCN Information" section on page
WAN or
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WAN or
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"Common Information
34-5).
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