Configuring Smart Link; Configuration Task List; Configuring A Smart Link Device - H3C S5100-SI Series Operation Manual

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1.2 Configuring Smart Link

Note:
Before configuring a member port of a smart link group, you must:
Disable the port to avoid loops, thus preventing broadcast storm.
Disable STP on the port.
After completing the configuration, you need to enable the Ethernet ports disabled
before configuring the smart link group.

1.2.1 Configuration Task List

Complete the following tasks to configure Smart Link:
Configuring a Smart
Link Device
Configuring
Associated Devices

1.2.2 Configuring a Smart Link Device

A Smart Link device refers to a device on which Smart Link is enabled and a smart link
group is configured, and that sends flush messages from the specified control VLAN. A
member port of a smart link group can be either an Ethernet port or a
manually-configured or static LACP aggregation group. You can configure a port or a
link aggregation group as a member of a smart link group.
Follow these steps to configure Smart Link (with ports as the members of the smart link
group):
Enter system view
Create a smart link group
and enter smart link
group view
Task
Create a smart link group
Add member ports to the smart link group
Enable the function of sending flush
messages in the specified control VLAN
Enable the function of processing flush
messages received from the specified
control VLAN
To do...
system-view
smart-link group group-id
Chapter 1 Smart Link Configuration
Use the command...
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