Avaya VSP 7000 Technical Configuration Manual page 9

Desired Needed
Deployment Rear-port
Model Mode
vToR Disabled
FI Stacking
(= Stacking
enabled)
dToR Disabled
FI Stacking (= Stacking
with SMLT enabled)
FI Mesh Enabled in
with SMLT raw mode
SPB Mesh Enabled in
SPBM
mode
SPB Mesh Enabled in
with SMLT SPBM
mode
In Fabric Interconnecting Stacking, with SPB enabled, 10.2.1 supports a maximum stack of 2; in
the 10.3 release, a stack of 8 is supported. SMLT or IST over rear port Raw-mode is supported
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staring in release 10.2.1, however, SPB is not supported in rear port Raw-mode. LACP must be
disabled on the rear ports prior to enabling an IST on them. In rear port SPB mode, IP routing
cannot be enabled and the total number of rear ports is reduced by one - the switch uses port 40
as loopback when rear port SPB is enabled; please see section 1.1.4 for rear port numbering.
August 2015
SMLT SPB Virtual Servers
(IST) enabled (e.g. ESX) NIC
Needed
No Can be
hashing on non-
Yes Can be
hashing on non-
IP hashing on
Yes No
hashing on non-
IP hashing on
No Yes
hashing on non-
Yes Yes
hashing on non-
IP hashing on
Avaya Inc. – External Distribution
Server NIC
teaming
teaming (LACP)
Yes – Vport Yes – On
DMLT ports
SLT ports (with or
without LACP)
Yes – Vport Yes – On SLT
ports (with or
SLT ports without LACP)
- OR -
SLT ports
Yes – Vport Yes – On SLT
ports (with or
SLT ports without LACP)
- OR -
SLT ports
Yes – Vport No – Use
Active Standby
SLT ports NICs
Yes – Vport Yes – On SLT
ports (with or
SLT ports without LACP)
- OR -
SLT ports
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Minimum
Required
Software
10.1.0
(10.3.0 if need
to run SPB on
uplinks)
10.2.0
(10.3.0 if need
to run SPB on
uplinks & IST)
10.2.0
10.2.0
10.3.0
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