Ufd And Nic Teaming - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

Figure 51-2. Uplink Failure Detection Example
If only one of the upstream interfaces in an uplink-state group goes down, a specified number of
downstream ports associated with the upstream interface are put into a link-down state. This number is
user-configurable and is calculated by the ratio of upstream port bandwidth to downstream port bandwidth
in the same uplink-state group. This calculation ensures that there are no traffic drops due to insufficient
bandwidth on the upstream links to the routers/switches.
By default, if all upstream interfaces in an uplink-state group go down, all downstream interfaces in the
same uplink-state group are put into a link-down state.
Using UFD, you can configure the automatic recovery of downstream ports in an uplink-state group when
the link status of an upstream port changes. The tracking of upstream link status does not have a major
impact on CPU usage.

UFD and NIC Teaming

Uplink Failure Detection on a switch can be used with network adapter teaming on a server (see NIC
Teaming on page 628) to implement a rapid failover solution. For example, in Figure 51-2 the switch/
router with UFD detects the uplink failure and automatically disables the associated downstream link port
to the server. The server with NIC teaming detects the disabled link and automatically switches over to the
backup link in order to continue to transmit traffic upstream.
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