About Tracking Multiple Ports - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 67 Configuring Port Tracking
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Step 10 Click Close to close the dialog box.

About Tracking Multiple Ports

You can control the operational state of the linked port based on the operational states of multiple tracked
ports. When more than one tracked port is associated with a linked port, the operational state of the
linked port will be set to down only if all the associated tracked ports are down. Even if one tracked port
is up, the linked port will stay up.
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not be brought down if either 2 or 3 are still functioning as desired.
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Tracking Multiple Ports
To track multiple ports, see
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Successful Port Tracking Established
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Traffic Recovery Using Port Tracking
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"Operationally Binding a Tracked Port" section on page
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
Port Tracking
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