Manually Monitoring Port Links; Monitor Port State; Control Port State - Lenovo RackSwitch G8264CS Application Manual

Manually Monitoring Port Links

Monitor Port State

Control Port State

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The Manual Monitor allows you to configure a set of ports and LAGs to monitor
for link failures (a monitor list), and another set of ports and LAGs to disable when
the trigger limit is reached (a control list). When the switch detects a link failure on
the monitor list, it automatically disables the items in control list. When server
ports are disabled, the corresponding server's network adapter can detect the
disabled link, and trigger a network‐adapter failover to another port or LAG on the
switch, or another switch.
The switch automatically enables the control list items when the monitor list items
return to service.
A monitor port is considered operational as long as the following conditions are
true:
 The port must be in the Link Up state.
 If STP is enabled, the port must be in the Forwarding state.
 If the port is part of an LACP LAG, the port must be in the Aggregated state.
If any of these conditions is false, the monitor port is considered to have failed.
A control port is considered Operational if the monitor trigger is up. As long as the
trigger is up, the port is considered operational from a teaming perspective, even if
the port itself is actually in the Down state, Blocking state (if STP is enabled on the
port), or Not Aggregated state (if part of an LACP LAG).
A control port is considered to have failed only if the monitor trigger is in the Down
state.
To view the state of any port, use one of the following commands:
>> # show interface link
>> # show interface port <x> spanning-tree stp <x>
>> # show lacp information
(View port link status)
(View port STP status)
(View port LACP status)
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