Configuring Port Tracking; Enabling Port Tracking - Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Configuration Manual

Configuring Port Tracking

Table 42: Default Port Tracking Parameters
Parameters
Port tracking
Operational binding
Configuring Port Tracking
Before configuring port tracking, consider the following guidelines:
• Verify that the tracked ports and the linked ports are on the same Cisco switch.
• Be aware that the linked port is automatically brought down when the tracked port goes down.
• Do not track a linked port back to itself (for example, Port fc2/2 to Port fc2/4 and back to Port fc2/2) to

Enabling Port Tracking

The port tracking feature is disabled by default. When you enable this feature, port tracking is globally enabled
for the entire switch.
To configure port tracking, enable the port tracking feature and configure the linked ports for the tracked port.
You can enable port tracking
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
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Command or Action
configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
port-track enable
Example:
switch(config)# port-track enable
no port-track enable
Example:
switch(config)# no port-track enable
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Configuring Port Tracking
Default
Disabled
Enabled along with port tracking
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Enables port tracking.
Removes the currently applied port tracking
configuration and disables port tracking.
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