Configure The Peer Link Settings - NETGEAR M7100 Series User Manual

Table 112. VPC Peer Settings
Field
Operational VPC MAC
VPC System Priority
Operational VPC System Priority
Peer Role
Local System MAC

Configure the Peer Link Settings

The peer link is a port-channel that serves as the link between the two devices in the VPC
domain. Using a multimember port-channel as the peer link helps protect it from link-level
failures. The peer link is used to do the following:
Carry the keep-alive messages between the two peer devices.
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Carry the BPDUs and LACPDUs between the secondary and primary VPC devices.
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Carry control messages like VPC member port-related events, FDB/MFDB entries, and
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configuration details.
Carry data traffic over the peer's VPC member ports when the member ports of the VPC
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interface on the local device are all down.
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To configure the peer link settings:
Prepare your computer with a static IP address in the 169.254.100.0 subnet, for
1.
example, 169.254.100.201.
Connect an Ethernet cable from an Ethernet port on your computer to an Ethernet port on
2.
the switch.
Launch a web browser.
3.
Enter the IP address of the switch in the web browser address field.
4.
The default IP address of the switch is 169.254.100.100.
The Login screen displays.
Enter the user name and password.
5.
The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
Click the Login button.
6.
The web management interface menu displays.
Select >
7.
M6100, M5300, and M7100 Series Managed Switches
Description
The VPC MAC address agreed upon by both peers during the role
election.
The system priority of the peer VPC domain.
The VPC system priority agreed upon by both peers during role
election.
The role of the peer device in the VPC domain, which is Primary,
Secondary, or None.
The MAC address of the peer system.
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