Configuring The Rep Administrative Vlan - Cisco IE-3000-8TC Software Configuration Manual

Configuring REP
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Configuring the REP Administrative VLAN

To avoid the delay introduced by relaying messages in software for link-failure or VLAN-blocking
notification during load balancing, REP floods packets at the hardware flood layer (HFL) to a regular
multicast address. These messages are flooded to the whole network, not just the REP segment. You can
control flooding of these messages by configuring an administrative VLAN for the whole domain.
Follow these guidelines when configuring the REP administrative VLAN:
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Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the REP administrative VLAN:
Command
Step 1
configure terminal
Step 2 rep admin vlan vlan-id
Step 3
end
Step 4 show interface [interface-id] rep detail
Step 5 copy running-config startup config
This example shows how to configure the administrative VLAN as VLAN 100 and verify the
configuration by entering the show interface rep detail command on one of the REP interfaces:
Switch# configure terminal
Switch (conf)# rep admin vlan 100
Switch (conf-if)# end
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REP sends all LSL PDUs in untagged frames on the native VLAN. The BPA message sent to the
Cisco multicast address is sent on the administration VLAN, which is VLAN 1 by default.
You can configure how long a REP interface remains up without receiving a hello from a neighbor.
You can use the rep lsl-age-timer value interface configuration command to set the time from 3000
ms to 10000 ms. The LSL hello timer is then set to the age-timer value divided by three. In normal
operation, three LSL hellos are sent before the age timer on the peer switch expires and checks for
hello messages.
REP ports cannot be configured as one of these port types:
SPAN destination port
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Tunnel port
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Access port
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REP is supported on EtherChannels, but not on an individual port that belongs to an EtherChannel.
There is a maximum of 64 REP segments per switch.
If you do not configure an administrative VLAN, the default is VLAN 1.
There can be only one administrative VLAN on a switch and on a segment. However, this is not
enforced by software.
The administrative VLAN cannot be the RSPAN VLAN.
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Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Specify the administrative VLAN. The range is 2 to 4094.
The default is VLAN 1. To set the admin VLAN to 1,
enter the no rep admin vlan global configuration
command.
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Verify the configuration on one of the REP interfaces.
(Optional) Save your entries in the switch startup
configuration file.
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