3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual page 1032

Network diagram
Figure 1-3 Network diagram for Smart Link configuration
Eth1/0/2
Eth1/0/1
Switch C
Eth1/0/2
Eth1/0/1
Configuration procedure
Configure a smart link group on Switch A and configure member ports for it. Enable the function of
sending flush messages in Control VLAN 1.
# Enter system view.
<switchA> system-view
# Enter Ethernet port view. Disable STP on Ethernet 1/0/1 and Ethernet 1/0/2.
[SwitchA] interface Ethernet 1/0/1
[SwitchA-Ethernet1/0/1] stp disable
[SwitchA-Ethernet1/0/1] quit
[SwitchA] interface Ethernet 1/0/2
[SwitchA-Ethernet1/0/2] stp disable
# Return to system view.
[SwitchA-Ethernet1/0/2] quit
# Create smart link group 1 and enter the corresponding smart link group view.
[SwitchA] smart-link group 1
# Configure Ethernet 1/0/1 as the master port and Ethernet 1/0/2 as the slave port for smart link group 1.
[SwitchA-smlk-group1] port Ethernet 1/0/1 master
[SwitchA-smlk-group1] port Ethernet 1/0/2 slave
# Configure to send flush messages within VLAN 1.
[SwitchA-smlk-group1] flush enable control-vlan 1
Enable the function of processing flush messages received from VLAN 1 on Switch C.
# Enter system view.
<SwitchC> system-view
Server
Eth1/0/3
Switch E
Eth1/0/1
Switch D
Eth1/0/2
Eth1/0/2
Switch A
Host
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