Manual Chapter : Network Settings

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1.6.2, 1.6.1

Network Settings

Network configuration for the system controllers

The chassis administrator can perform general networking tasks for the system controllers, such as configuring management interfaces for the system controllers, enabling DHCP, and setting up DNS for the

VELOS

platform. You can configure network settings at the system controller level from the webUI, the CLI, or REST APIs.

Configure management interfaces from the webUI

You can view or change the configuration of management interfaces, prefix length (netmask), and gateway for the

VELOS

system at the chassis level.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

Management Interfaces

For

DHCP

, select

Enabled

if the management port is getting addresses from a DHCP server or select

Disabled

to configure the addresses manually.

From

Address

, select whether to configure only IPv4 addresses, only IPv6 addresses, or both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Configure IPv4 addresses:

For

System Controller 1

System Controller 2

, and

Floating

, enter IP addresses in IPv4 format.

For

Prefix Length

, enter a number from 1-32 for the length of the prefix.

For

Gateway

, type the gateway IP address.

Configure IPv6 addresses:

For

System Controller 1

System Controller 2

, and

Floating

, enter IP addresses in IPv6 format.

For

Prefix Length

, enter a number from 10-127 for the length of the prefix.

For

Gateway

, type the gateway IP address.

In the

Link Aggregation

area, select

Enabled

to enable aggregation for the management ports between the system controllers and an upstream switch.

Enabling link aggregation increases the bandwidth between peers by load balancing traffic across both ports.

From

Type

, select a link aggregation type:

Type	Description
STATIC	Use static link aggregation, where you manually configure links and link state is not updated dynamically.
LACP	Use Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) to allow for automatic bundling of links.

From

Interval

, select FAST (every second) or SLOW (every 30 seconds).

From

Mode

, select an aggregration mode.

Type	Description
ACTIVE	Send link aggregation control protocol data unit (LACPDU) packets unconditionally.
PASSIVE	Send LACPDU packets only when an LACP device is detected.

For

Name

, you can change the name from the default value (mgmt-aggr) when link aggregation is enabled.

The

Configured Members

area displays interfaces configured with link aggregation.

Click

Save

Why use link aggregation on management ports

Forwarding is enabled for both management ports when link aggregation is used. If one port of the aggregation goes down, traffic is seamlessly handled by the remaining management port. A health-driven HA switchover need not occur to activate the alternate management port as it does when the management ports are operating independently.

There is also a gain in overall management port throughput. Specifically, total management port bandwidth doubles to 20 Gbps when aggregated. When not aggregated, only one management link is active at a time, and total bandwidth is limited to 10 Gbps.

The downside of using management port aggregation is that the ports to which the management ports connect must also be aggregated.

There is no difference in IP configuration between aggregated and independent modes of operation. That is because aggregation (an L2 feature) is applied to the physical switch ports that physically connect to the management network, and IP addresses are applied to host interfaces at L3 connecting to entirely different physical switch ports.

Configure management IP addresses from the CLI

After you connect your system controllers to a management console or console server, you can configure a floating management IP address and individual management IP addresses for both system controllers from the system controller CLI. You can use either IPv4 or IPv6 format for these IP addresses.

Connect to the system using a management console or console server.

The default baud rate and serial port configuration is 19200/8-N-1.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure the management IP address for controller-1.

system mgmt-ip config [

ipv4

ipv6

] controller-1 address <ip-address>

This example assigns an IPv4 address:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip config ipv4 controller-1 address 192.0.2.10

This example assigns an IPv6 address:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip config ipv6 controller-1 address 2001:db8:ffff:100::1

Configure the management IP address for controller-2.

system mgmt-ip config [

ipv4

ipv6

] controller-2 address <ip-address>

This example assigns an IPv4 address:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip config ipv4 controller-2 address 192.0.2.11

This example assigns an IPv6 address:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip config ipv6 controller-2 address 2001:db8:ffff:101::1

Configure the floating IP address for the system controllers.

system mgmt-ip config [

ipv4

ipv6

] floating <ip-address>

This example assigns an IPv4 address:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip config ipv4 floating 192.0.2.15

This example assigns an IPv6 address:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip config ipv6 floating 2001:db8:ffff:102::1

Configure the default gateway, if not using DHCP.

system mgmt-ip config [

ipv4

ipv6

] gateway <gateway-ip>

This example assigns an IPv4 gateway:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip ipv4 gateway 192.0.2.254

This example assigns an IPv6 gateway:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip ipv6 gateway 2001:db8:ffff:100::fffe

Configure the default CIDR prefix length.

system mgmt-ip config [

ipv4

ipv6

] prefix-length <prefix-length>

This example assigns a prefix length for an IPv4a address:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip ipv4 prefix-length 24

This example assigns a prefix length for an IPv6 address:

syscon-1-active(config)# system mgmt-ip ipv6 prefix-length 64

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

The system saves the new IP addresses and gateway address for your system controllers. You can now use the floating IP address that you assigned to access the system either over SSH or using the webUI. The floating IP address will always be available on the primary system controller.

Configure DNS from the webUI

You can configure DNS for the

VELOS

system at the chassis level from the system controller webUI. This is used for name resolution such as when setting up the system.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

DNS

Under

DNS Lookup Servers

, specify the name servers that the system uses to validate DNS lookups, and resolve host names. For each name server you want to add:

Click

Add

For

Lookup Server

, enter the IP address of the name server that you want to add to the list.

Click

Save & Close

Under

DNS Search Domains

, specify the domains that the system searches for local domain lookups and to resolve local host names. For each domain you want to add:

Click

Add

For

Search Domain

, enter the domain name of the name server that you want to add to the list. For example, DNSsearch.com

Click

Save & Close

DNS lookup servers and search domains are now specified for the

VELOS

system.

Configure DNS from the CLI

You can configure DNS for the

VELOS

system at the chassis level from the system controller CLI. This is used for name resolution such as when setting up the system.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure a DNS lookup server.

system dns servers server <ip-address> port <port>

This example configures a DNS server at 192.0.2.20:

syscon-1-active(config)# system dns servers server 192.0.2.20 port 53

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Network configuration for the chassis partition

Much of the L2 network configuration on

VELOS

systems is performed at the chassis partition level by a chassis partition administrator. The administrator logs into the chassis partition to view or configure port groups, interfaces, VLANs, and create LAGs for that chassis partition. You can configure network settings at the chassis partition level from the webUI, the CLI, or REST API.

Port groups overview

The front-panel ports on

VELOS blades

support port group functionality. Port groups enable you to configure the mode of the physical port, which controls the port speed and whether the port is bundled or unbundled. Until configured, the

VELOS

system uses port speeds of

100G

. You can change them based on what optical transceiver module type you are using.

Before configuring any interfaces, VLANs, or LAGs, you can set up port groups so that physical interfaces on the

blade

are configured for the proper speed and bundling. Depending on the port group mode, a different FPGA version is loaded, and the speed of the port is adjusted accordingly. The system creates the port group components

, based on the type of blades installed

Changing the mode for a port group reboots the

blade

, removes stale interfaces from your configuration, and removes any references to stale interfaces from your configuration. You will then need to reconfigure any previously-configured protocols to use the modified port group.

Configure port groups from the webUI

You can configure port groups to use a specific mode depending on how you are connecting your blades to an upstream switch from the chassis partition webUI.

Changing the port group mode impacts the view of physical interfaces published by the system. The previous interfaces that corresponded to the previous port group mode are deleted, and new ones are created. All configuration associated with the deleted interfaces is also lost.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

Port Groups

For a specific slot (blade) and port (Port 1 or Port 2), select a

Mode

from the list.

For BX110 blades, select one of these options:

Option	Description
100GbE	Creates one interface at 100G speed.
40GbE	Creates one interface at 40G speed.
4 x 25GbE	Creates four interfaces at 25G speed (requires the use of a breakout cable).
4 x 10GbE	Creates four interfaces at 10G speed (requires the use of a breakout cable).

For BX520 blades, the port group speeds cannot be changed. Port group 1 (interface 1.0) is set to 100GbE, and port group 2 (interface 2.0) is set to 400GbE.

Depending on the port group mode, a different FPGA version is loaded and the speed of the port is adjusted accordingly.

Click

Save

When you change the port group mode on ports for a specific blade, the blade reboots. The previous interfaces that corresponded to the previous port group mode are deleted, and the associated (underlying) configuration is also lost.

Configure port group mode from the CLI

For BX110 blades, you can configure a port group for the interfaces on the blade at either 100GbE or 40GbE speeds from the chassis partition CLI. You can also break out the ports to either 4x25GbE or 4x10GbE.

For BX520 blades, the port group speeds cannot be changed. Port group 1 (interface 1.0) is set to 100GbE, and port group 2 (interface 2.0) is set to 400GbE.

VELOS

blades support homogeneous port groups per blade, which means that if you want to change the speed of a port group, you must change the mode for both port groups on a blade.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure port groups for a specific blade/interface pair.

portgroups portgroup <blade-number>/<interface-number> config mode [

MODE_100GB

MODE_4x25GB

MODE_40GB

MODE_4x10GB | MODE_400GB

]

In this example, you configure the port group mode on a BX110 blade, on blade 1/interface 2 to use the 40GB mode:

default-1(config)# portgroups portgroup 1/2 config mode MODE_40GB

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Verify the port groups configuration.

show portgroups portgroup

Interfaces overview

VELOS

blades support two kinds of physical network interfaces:

Interfaces that correspond to the blade front-panel QSFP28 ports

Link aggregation groups (LAGs)

Configure interfaces from the webUI

Before you begin, you must already have created the VLANs that you want to associate with the interface. If you intend to create LAGs, you should wait to associate VLANs with interfaces, because an interface cannot be used as a LAG member if it is associated with an interface.

You can configure interfaces from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

Interfaces

A table showing all interfaces displays.

Click an interface name.

For

Description

, enter a description of the interface.

For

State

, select whether the interface is

Enabled

Disabled

The next few settings are informational and cannot be changed (for example, Operational Status, Speed, MAC Address, and Interface Type are set values).

For

MTU

, the maximum transmissions unit is set to the default value of 9600 (read only).

This is the largest size that the system allows for an IP datagram passing through a physical interface.

Forward Error Correction

is set to the default value of

Auto

(read only) and detects and corrects a limited number of errors in transmitted data.

Since this setting is enabled automatically, your upstream switch must also support Forward Error Correction (FEC).

RX Flow Control

is set to

Off

, and it is not supported on any of the interfaces.

For

Native VLAN (Untagged)

, select the VLAN ID to use for untagged frames received on an interface (either a single interface or LAG).

An interface or LAG can have only one Native VLAN assigned to it. You can use a Native VLAN with multiple LAGs or interfaces. You cannot use a VLAN, however, as both a Native and Trunk VLAN for the same interface.

For

Trunk VLANs (Tagged)

, select one or more VLAN IDs, if available, and not a member of another LAG; this is used for tagged traffic.

You can use the same VLAN ID as the Trunk VLAN across all interfaces or LAGs. You cannot use a VLAN, however, as both a Native and Trunk VLAN for the same interface.

A Trunk VLAN or a Native VLAN is required to pass traffic. If you do not select either a Native VLAN or a Trunk VLAN, the port will not carry any traffic.

Click

Save & Close

Display and reset interface statistics from the webUI

You can view statistics for physical interfaces configured on the chassis partition you are logged in to from the chassis partition webUI. The table shows, for each interface, the amount of data that was input and output in multiple forms. You can also see in/out errors and frame check sequence (FCS) errors that occurred on each of the interfaces, and you can reset to clear the data.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

Interface Statistics

A table showing all the statistics displays.

Change the way the statistics are displayed in the

Data Format

by selecting

Normalized

Unformatted

Selecting

Normalized

converts the byte representation to kilobytes, megabytes, or terabytes depending on the size. This provides better data readability especially when there is massive amounts of traffic passing through the interfaces.

Set the

Auto Refresh

interval for refreshing the data displayed or click the refresh icon to update the data immediately.

Select one or more interfaces, then click

Reset

to clear the data.

Configure an interface from the CLI

You can configure front-panel interfaces from the chassis partition CLI.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure settings for the specified interface.

interfaces interface <blade-number>/<interface-number> config {

disabled

enabled

} description <interface-description> type <interface-type>

In this example, you enable and configure blade 1/interface 1.0 with a custom description:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface 1/1.0 config enabled description 
  "Interface 1/1.0"

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Show the state of a specified interface from the CLI

You can show the state of a specified front-panel interface from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Show the state of a specified interface.

show interfaces interface <blade-number>/<interface-number> state

In this example, you show information about blade 1/interface 1:

default-1# show interfaces interface 1/1.0 state
state type               ethernetCsmacd
state mtu                9600
state enabled            true
state oper-status        UP
state forward-error-correction auto
state lacp_state         LACP_DEFAULTED

Link aggregation group (LAG) overview

A link aggregation group (LAG) is a logical group of interfaces that function as a single interface. The LAG (like a trunk on tenant systems) distributes traffic across multiple links, which increases the bandwidth by adding the bandwidth of multiple links together. For example, four fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) links, if aggregated, create a single 400 Mbps link. LAGs also enhance connection reliability by providing link failover if a member link becomes unavailable.

There are two types of LAGs:

Static: Ports in the LAG are manually configured, and the group of ports assigned to a static LAG is always made up of active members. This is the default type of LAG.
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): When LACP is enabled on a LAG, the ports configure automatically into groups without manual configuration. The LACP protocol detects error conditions on member links and redistributes traffic to other member links, thus preventing any loss of traffic on a failed link.

Create LAGs from the webUI

You can create a link aggregation group (LAG) from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

LAGs

The screen shows LAGs that are configured.

Click

Add

For

Name

, enter a name for the LAG.

For

Description

, enter a description for the LAG.

For

LAG Type

, select one of these options:

Option	Description
STATIC	Manually configure the links. The link state of LAG members is not dynamically updated. This is the default value for LAGs.
LACP	Automatically bundle links.

If you select

LACP

, configure these additional settings:

Option	Description
LACP Interval	Specify an interval at which interfaces send LACP packets. Select FAST (transmit packets every second) or SLOW (transmit packets every 30 seconds).
LACP Mode	Specify the negotiation state for LACP. Select ACTIVE (in an active negotiating state) or PASSIVE (do not initiate negotiation until peer contacts first).

For

Configured Members

, select one or more interfaces (not members of another LAG) to assign to the LAG.

Only interfaces that are configured with the same speeds can be members of the LAG. The interfaces cannot be associated with VLANs.

You can add up to 32 members to a LAG.

For

Native VLAN (Untagged)

, select the VLAN ID to use for untagged frames received on a trunk interface.

For

Trunk VLANs (Tagged)

, select one or more VLAN IDs, if available and not a member of another LAG.

A Trunk VLAN or a Native VLAN is required to pass traffic. If you do not select either a Native VLAN or a Trunk VLAN, the port will not carry any traffic.

Click

Save & Close

The LAG is created and shown in the list. You can add up to 256 LAGs per chassis partition.

Configure LAGs from the webUI

You can edit the properties of an existing link aggregation group (LAG) from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

LAGs

The screen shows LAGs that are configured.

Click a LAG name.

For

Description

, enter a description for the LAG.

For

LAG Type

, select one of these options:

Option	Description
STATIC	Manually configure the links. The link state of LAG members is not dynamically updated. This is the default value for LAGs.
LACP	Automatically bundle links.

If you select

LACP

, configure these additional settings:

Option	Description
LACP Interval	Specify an interval at which interfaces send LACP packets. Select FAST (transmit packets every second) or SLOW (transmit packets every 30 seconds).
LACP Mode	Specify the negotiation state for LACP. Select ACTIVE (in an active negotiating state) or PASSIVE (do not initiate negotiation until peer contacts first).

For

Configured Members

, select one or more interfaces (not members of another LAG) to assign to the LAG.

Only interfaces that are configured with the same speeds can be members of the LAG. The interfaces cannot be associated with VLANs.

You can add up to 32 members to a LAG.

For

Native VLAN (Untagged)

, select the VLAN ID to use for untagged frames received on a trunk interface.

For

Trunk VLANs (Tagged)

, select one or more VLAN IDs, if available, and not a member of another LAG.

A Trunk VLAN or a Native VLAN is required to pass traffic. If you do not select either a Native VLAN or a Trunk VLAN, the port will not carry any traffic.

Click

Save & Close

Display LACP details from the webUI

You can view the LACP details on the chassis partition webUI to troubleshoot. For example, to determine why an interface member of an LACP LAG on the chassis partition is not working as expected.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

LACP Details

The screen shows state information about whether LACP is Up, Down, or Defaulted for LACP interfaces. The lower portion of the screen shows details that can be used for troubleshooting LACP issues.

Set the

Auto Refresh

interval for refreshing the data displayed or click the refresh icon to update the data immediately.

Static LAG configuration from the CLI

To configure a static LAG, you first configure the status LAG interface, then add interfaces to LAG members, and then associate VLANs with the LAG interfaces.

Configure a static LAG interface from the CLI

You can configure a LAG interface type as

static

from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create a LAG interface.

interfaces interface <lag-name> config type ieee8023adLag

This example creates a LAG named lag-test:

default-1# interfaces interface lag-test config type ieee8023adLag

The system prompt updates to show that you are in configuration mode for the interface:

default-1(config-interface-lag-test)#

Set the type of LAG interface to STATIC (this is the default setting).

aggregation config lag-type STATIC

This example shows the interface named lag-test in configuration mode and configures it as a static LAG:

default-1(config-interface-lag-test)# aggregation config lag-type STATIC

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Add interfaces to LAG members from the CLI

You can add interfaces, or member ports, to a LAG interface from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Add interfaces to a LAG.

interfaces interface <interface> ethernet config aggregate-id <lag-name>

This example adds two interfaces to a LAG named lag-test:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface <1/1.0> ethernet config aggregate-id lag-test
default-1(config)# interfaces interface <1/2.0> ethernet config aggregate-id lag-test

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Associate VLANs with LAG interfaces from the CLI

Before you can pass user traffic, you need to associate VLANs with LAG interfaces from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Associate VLANs with the LAG interface.

interfaces interface <lag-name> aggregation switched-vlan config trunk-vlans { <vlan-IDs>

}

This example associates VLANs 1037 and 1038 with a LAG named lag-test:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface lag-test aggregation switched-vlan 
  config trunk-vlans [ 1037 1038 ]

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

LACP configuration from the CLI

Create a LAG interface from the CLI

You can create a LAG interface from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create a LAG interface.

interfaces interface <lag-name> config type ieee8023adLag

This example creates a LAG named lag-test:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface lag-test config type ieee8023adLag

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Create an LACP interface from the CLI

Before LACP can manage a LAG interface, you need to create a LAG interface of type LACP from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create a LAG interface of type LACP.

interfaces interface <lag-name> aggregation config lag-type LACP

This example creates a LAG of type LACP named lag-test:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface lag-test aggregation config lag-type LACP

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Return to user (operational) mode.

end

Verify that LACP is enabled on the interface.

show interfaces interface lag-test

A summary similar to this example displays:

default-1# show interfaces interface lag-test
interfaces interface lag-test
 state type               ieee8023adLag
 state mtu                9600
 state oper-status        UP
 state forward-error-correction auto
 aggregation state lag-type LACP
 aggregation state lag-speed 100
 aggregation state distribution-hash src-dst-ipport
 aggregation state mac-address 00:94:a1:8e:70:0a
 aggregation state lagid 4

Enable LACP on a LAG interface from the CLI

By default, a LAG interface is in a

static

mode, which means that the member links do not initiate or process any of the LACP packets received. You can enable LACP on the LAG interface from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Enable LACP on a LAG interface.

lacp interfaces interface <lag-name> aggregation config lag-type LACP

This example enables LACP on a LAG interface named lag-test:

default-1(config)# lacp interfaces interface lag-test aggregation config lag-type LACP

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Return to user (operational) mode.

end

Verify that LACP is enabled on a specified LAG interface.

A summary similar to this example displays:

default-1# show interfaces interface lag-test
interfaces interface lag-test
 state type               ieee8023adLag
 state mtu                9600
 state oper-status        DOWN
 state forward-error-correction auto
 aggregation state lag-type LACP
 aggregation state lag-speed 0
 aggregation state distribution-hash src-dst-ipport
 aggregation state mac-address 00:94:a1:8e:70:0a
 aggregation state lagid 4

Display LACP state from the CLI

You can check the LACP state from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Display the LACP state.

show lacp

A summary similar to this example displays:

default-1# show lacp
lacp state system-id-mac 00:94:a1:8c:f4:08
lacp interfaces interface lag-test
 state name    lag-test
 state interval FAST
 state lacp-mode ACTIVE
 state system-id-mac 0:94:a1:8c:f4:8
                                                                                                                                                            PARTNER  LACP  LACP  LACP    LACP    LACP
                                                                                                                   OPER                     PARTNER  PORT   PORT     IN    OUT   RX      TX      UNKNOWN  LACP
INTERFACE  INTERFACE  ACTIVITY  TIMEOUT  SYNCHRONIZATION  AGGREGATABLE  COLLECTING  DISTRIBUTING  SYSTEM ID        KEY   PARTNER ID         KEY      NUM    NUM      PKTS  PKTS  ERRORS  ERRORS  ERRORS   ERRORS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/1.0      -          ACTIVE    SHORT    IN_SYNC          true          true        true          0:94:a1:8c:f4:8  2     44:4c:a8:fc:cb:9d  1        4224   69       588   21    0       0       0        0
2/1.0      -          ACTIVE    SHORT    IN_SYNC          true          true        true          0:94:a1:8c:f4:8  2     44:4c:a8:fc:cb:9d  1        8320   81       566   21    0       0       0        0
3/1.0      -          ACTIVE    SHORT    IN_SYNC          true          true        true          0:94:a1:8c:f4:8  2     44:4c:a8:fc:cb:9d  1        12416  29       560   21    0       0       0        0

Display LACP interface state from the CLI

You can view the state of LACP interfaces from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Display the state of LACP interfaces.

show interfaces interface state lacp_state

A summary similar to this example displays:

default-1# show interfaces interface state lacp_state
       LACP
NAME   STATE
------------------
1/1.0  LACP_DOWN
1/2.0  LACP_UP

These are the available LACP states:

Option	Description
LACP_DEFAULTED	Initial lacp_state value.
LACP_UP	LACPD has determined that this interface is a working member of a LACP LAG.
LACP_DOWN	LACPD has determined that this interface is not a working member of a LACP LAG, and it should not receive or transmit user traffic.

Configure LACP logging level from the CLI

LACP errors are collected into the standard

/var/F5/partition1/log/velos.log

file. LACP errors run at the log level INFORMATIONAL by default. If you want to change the severity level for logged information, you can enable a different log level from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure the logging level for LACP.

system logging sw-components sw-component lacpd config severity {

ALERT

CRITICAL

DEBUG

EMERGENCY

ERROR

INFORMATIONAL

NOTICE

WARNING

}

This example enables DEBUG level logging for LACP:

default-1(config)# system logging sw-components sw-component lacpd config 
  severity DEBUG

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Display configuration members from the CLI

Configured members are interfaces in an LACP LAG that listen for and/or send LACPDUs that are attempting to establish that the peer is configured. You can check each physical interface's aggregated ID from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Show the configuration members.

show running-config interfaces interface ethernet config aggregate-id <lag-name>

This example shows information about three members for a LAG named lag-test:

default-1# show running-config interfaces interface ethernet config aggregate-id lag-test
interfaces interface 1/1.0
 config type ethernetCsmacd
 config enabled
 ethernet config aggregate-id lag-test
!
interfaces interface 1/2.0
 config type ethernetCsmacd
 config enabled
 ethernet config aggregate-id lag-test
!

Display working members from the CLI

Working members are a subset of configuration members. These members are added and removed dynamically by LACPD.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Show the working members.

show lacp

A summary similar to this example displays:

default-1# show lacp
lacp state system-id-mac 00:94:a1:8d:18:08
lacp interfaces interface lag-test
 state name    lag-test
 state interval FAST
 state lacp-mode ACTIVE
 state system-id-mac 00:94:a1:8d:18:08
                                                                                                                                                             PARTNER  LACP  LACP  LACP    LACP    LACP
                                                                                                                     OPER                     PARTNER  PORT  PORT     IN    OUT   RX      TX      UNKNOWN  LACP
INTERFACE  INTERFACE  ACTIVITY  TIMEOUT  SYNCHRONIZATION  AGGREGATABLE  COLLECTING  DISTRIBUTING  SYSTEM ID          KEY   PARTNER ID         KEY      NUM   NUM      PKTS  PKTS  ERRORS  ERRORS  ERRORS   ERRORS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/2.0      1/2.0      ACTIVE    SHORT    IN_SYNC          true          true        true          00:94:a1:8d:18:08  13    00:be:75:ae:1b:31  100      4352  289      848   847   0       -       -        -
2/1.0      2/1.0      ACTIVE    SHORT    IN_SYNC          true          true        true          00:94:a1:8d:18:08  13    00:be:75:ae:1b:31  100      8320  293      8     7     0       -       -        -

VLAN overview

A VLAN is a logical subset of hosts on a local area network (LAN) that operates in the same IP address space. Grouping hosts together in a VLAN has distinct advantages. For example, with VLANs, you can:

Reduce the size of broadcast domains, thereby enhancing overall network performance.

Reduce system and network maintenance tasks substantially. Functionally related hosts do not need to physically reside together to achieve optimal network performance.

Enhance security on your network by segmenting hosts that must transmit sensitive data.

For the most basic

VELOS

system configurations, you might create multiple VLANs. That is, you create a VLAN for each of the internal and external networks, as well as a VLAN for high availability communications. You then associate each VLAN with the relevant interfaces or LAGs.

Create VLANs from the webUI

You can create a VLAN and then later associate physical interfaces or LAGs with that VLAN from the chassis partition webUI. In this way, any host that sends traffic to an interface is logically a member of the VLAN or VLANs to which that interface or LAG belongs.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

VLANs

The screen shows VLANs that are configured for that chassis partition.

Click

Add

In the

VLAN ID

, enter a number between 1-4094 for the VLAN.

The VLAN ID identifies the traffic from hosts in the associated VLAN for an associated interface or LAG.

In the

Name

field, enter a name for the VLAN.

VLAN names must follow these rules:

Start with an alphabetic character (Aa-Zz).

Can be up to 56 characters in length.

After the first character, can contain alphanumeric characters, periods (.), hyphens (-) and underscores (_).

VLAN names must be unique.

Click

Save & Close

to create the VLAN.

The VLAN is created and displayed in the VLAN list. You can use the VLANs when configuring interfaces, creating LAGs, and deploying tenants (one VLAN can be shared by more than one tenant within a chassis partition).

Create VLANs from the CLI

You can create a VLAN and then later associate physical interfaces or LAGs with that VLAN from the chassis partition CLI. In this way, any host that sends traffic to an interface is logically a member of the VLAN or VLANs to which that interface or LAG belongs.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create a VLAN.

vlans vlan { <vlan-id> | range <range-of-vlan-ids> }

This example creates a VLAN with the range 100-101:

default-1(config)# vlans vlan range 100-101

VLAN listeners overview

VLAN listeners are created and deleted by the system at runtime. They are used to program the destination for broadcast packets and L2 destination lookup failures (DLFs).

The system creates a listener when you configure a VLAN for a tenant.

VLAN Listener (listener): Created when a VLAN is used by a single tenant or when a VLAN is not shared among tenants. VLAN listeners that are created for tenant VLANs that do not include any members are indicated with the value
0.host
for interface.
Rebroadcast Listener (rbcast-listener): Created when a VLAN is used by multiple tenants, that is, when tenants share VLANs
in a chassis partition
.

Display VLAN listeners from the webUI

You can view VLAN listeners when you need to troubleshoot data path issues and check whether the correct VLANs are assigned to the tenants from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

VLAN Listeners

The screen shows VLAN listeners that are active on the system.

Set the

Auto Refresh

interval for refreshing the data displayed or click the refresh icon to update the data immediately.

You can see the VLAN listeners that are associated with specific interfaces, VLANs, and other related information. If something does not look correct, review the configuration for that object.

Display VLAN listeners from the CLI

Viewing the VLAN listeners is primarily used for troubleshooting data path issues. You can check whether the correct VLANs are assigned to the tenants from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

View configured VLAN listeners.

show vlan-listeners

A summary similar to this example displays:

default-1# show vlan-listeners
							NDI                                                                      
INTERFACE  VLAN  ENTRY TYPE       OWNER    ID    SVC  VTC  SEP  DMS  DID  CMDS  MIRRORING  SERVICE IDS              
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.host     100   RBCAST-LISTENER  rbcast   4095  5    32   15   -    -    -     disabled   [ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ]  
0.host     101   VLAN-LISTENER    t101100  4095  19   -    15   -    -    -     disabled   -

You can see the VLAN listeners that are associated with specific interfaces, VLANs, and other related information. If something does not look correct, review the configuration for that object.

IP tunnels overview

When you configure

VELOS

systems for network virtualization, the system represents the connection as a tunnel, which provides a Layer 2 interface on the virtual network. You can use the tunnel interface in both layer 2 and layer 3 configurations. After you create the network virtualization tunnels, you can use the tunnels like you use VLANs.

VELOS

systems support these tunneling protocols:

GENEVE

GTP

GRE

IP in IP

EtherIP

NVGRE

VXLAN

By configuring IP tunneling protocols on

VELOS

systems, you provide tenants with custom configuration details needed to even out traffic load balancing across Traffic Management Microkernels (TMMs) inside the tenant.

You can configure these tunneling protocols on the

VELOS

system:

GENEVE (Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation): Uses a compact tunnel header encapsulated in UDP over IP.
GTP (GPRS tunneling protocol): Uses a new disaggregation (DAG) mode for GTP-U traffic that assigns a unique tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) to each GTP control connection to the peers. This enables a BIG-IP tenant to redistribute the GTP-U traffic among all TMMs.
NVGRE (Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation): Uses Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) to tunnel layer 2 packets over layer 3 networks.
VXLAN (Virtual Extensible Local Area Network): Uses IP plus UDP to encapsulate layer 2 Ethernet frames within layer 4 UDP datagrams, using 4789 as the default UDP port number.

For information on configuring tunneling protocols on BIG-IP tenants, see

BIG-IP TMOS: Tunneling and IPsec

at techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-tmos-tunnels-ipsec-13-1-0.html.

IP tunnel configuration from the webUI

Configure GTP tunnels from the webUI

You can enable the GTP (GPRS Tunnelling Protocol) TEID (tunnel endpoint identifier) hash from the chassis partition webUI. This enables the system to use the TEID instead of the default L4 port mode for DAG hashing.

This setting applies to all tenants running on the system.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

IP Tunnels

Set

GTP-U TEID Hash

Enabled

to indicate that TEID is extracted and L4 Ports are overloaded with TEID values instead of L4 port values, or

Disabled

to indicate that there is no change to packet parsing.

The default value is

Disabled

Click

Save

All tenants running on the system now use GTP tunnels.

Configure GENEVE tunnels from the webUI

You can configure the default settings for GENEVE (Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation) tunnels from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

IP Tunnels

Under Type, select

GENEVE

Click

GENEVE

to edit the settings.

For

Enabled

, select

True

to enable GENEVE tunnels on the system or

False

to disable them.

For

Destination Port

, edit the port number.

The range is from 0 to 65535. The default value is 6081.

Click

Save

Configure NVGRE tunnels from the webUI

You can configure the default settings for NVGRE (Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnels from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

IP Tunnels

Under Type, select

NVGRE

Click

NVGRE

to edit the settings.

For

EtherType

, edit the EtherType for NVGRE tunnel traffic.

Allowed values are a hexadecimal value, with a leading "0x" followed by 4 digits. The default value is 0x6558 (Transparent Ethernet Bridging).

Click

Save

Configure VXLAN tunnels from the webUI

You can configure the default settings for VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN) tunnels from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

IP Tunnels

Under Type, select

VXLAN

Click

VXLAN

to edit the settings.

For

Destination Port

, edit the port number.

The range is from 0 to 65535. The default value is 4789.

For

GPE Enabled

, select

True

to enable support for the VXLAN GPE tunnel type on the system or

False

to disable it.

For

GPE Destination Port

, edit the port number.

The default value is 4790.

For

NSH Enabled

, select

True

to enable the VXLAN GPE NSH tunnel type on the system or

False

to disable it.

Click

Save

Disable IP tunnels from the webUI

You can disable IP tunnels from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

IP Tunnels

Under Type, clear the check box next to the tunnel type.

Click

Save

Reset IP tunnels to default values from the webUI

You can reset IP tunnels to their default values from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

IP Tunnels

Select a tunnel type.

Click

Reset

IP tunnel configuration from the CLI

Configure GTP tunnels from the CLI

You can enable or disable GTP tunnels from the chassis partition CLI. This enables the use of TEID (tunnel endpoint identifier) instead of the default L4 port mode for DAG hashing.

This setting applies to all tenants running on the system.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure a GPE tunnel.

Set to

enabled

to indicate that TEID is extracted and L4 ports are overloaded with TEID values instead of L4 port values, or

disabled

to indicate that there is no change to packet parsing. The default value is

disabled

system settings dag config gtp-u teid-hash {

enabled

disabled

}

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Return to user (operational) mode.

end

Verify the DAG hashing configuration.

default-1# show system settings dag system settings dag state gtp-u teid-hash enabled

Configure GENEVE tunnels from the CLI

You can configure GENEVE (Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation) tunnels from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Create a GENEVE tunnel.

iptunnels iptunnel geneve config {

disabled

enabled

} dport <port>

Allowed values for

dport

(destination port) are in the range of 0 to 65535. The default value is 6081.

In this example, you create a tunnel that is enabled with the destination port of 6081:

default-1(config)# iptunnels iptunnel geneve config enabled dport 6081

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure NVGRE tunnels from the CLI

You can configure NVGRE (Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnels from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Create an NVGRE tunnel.

iptunnels iptunnel nvgre config ethertype <hex-value>

Allowed values for

ethertype

are a hexadecimal value, with a leading "0x" followed by 4 digits.

In this example, you create an NVGRE tunnel:

default-1(config)# iptunnels iptunnel nvgre config ethertype 0x1234

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure VXLAN tunnels from the CLI

You can configure VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN) tunnels from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Create a VXLAN tunnel.

iptunnels iptunnel vxlan dport <port> gpe {

disabled

enabled

} dport <port> nsh {

disabled

enabled

}

Allowed values for

dport

(destination port) are in the range of 0 to 65535. The default value for the VXLAN destination port is 4789, and the default value for the GPE destination port is 4790.

In this example, you create a tunnel with GPE enabled and NSH disabled:

default-1(config)# iptunnels iptunnel vxlan dport 4789 gpe enabled dport 4790 nsh disabled

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) overview

The

VELOS

system supports Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), which is a Layer 2 industry-standard protocol (IEEE 802.1AB) that enables a network device to advertise its identity and capabilities to multi-vendor neighbor devices on a network. The protocol also enables a network device to receive information from neighbor devices. LLDP transmits device information in LLDP frames using the TLV (Type-Length-Value) format.

In general, this protocol:

Advertises connectivity and management information about the local

VELOS

device to neighbor devices on the same IEEE 802 LAN.

Receives network management information from neighbor devices on the same IEEE 802 LAN.

Operates with all IEEE 802 access protocols and network media.

LLDP configuration from the webUI

Configure LLDP from the webUI

Before you can configure LLDP, make sure that the interfaces you will use are up and running with VLANs configured.

You can configure LLDP from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

LLDP Configuration

Set

Enable LLDP

Enabled

Type a

System Name

and optionally, a

System Description

For

TX Interval

, enter a number (5-65535) for the interval (in seconds) at which LLDP packets are sent to neighbors.

The default value is 30 seconds.

For

TX Hold

, enter a number (0-65535) to specify the hold time for LLDP transmissions.

The default value is 4 seconds.

For

Reinitiate Delay

, type a number (0-65535) to specify the minimum time interval an LLDP interface waits before re-initializing an LLDP transmission.

The default value is 2 seconds.

For

TX Delay

, enter a number (0-65535) to specify the minimum time delay, in seconds, between successive LLDP frame transmissions.

The default value is 2 seconds.

For

Max Neighbors Per Port

, enter a number to specify the maximum number of LLDP neighbors for which LLDP data is retained.

The default value is 10.

In the

Interfaces

table, select the interface and LAG (if any) for which you want to enable LLDP. Interfaces must be configured one at a time. For each one selected:

Select

Enabled

For the

TLV Advertisement State

, select

(transmit only),

(receive only), or

TXRX

(transmit and receive).

The default value is

txrx

From the

TLV Map

, select the TLV device information that you want to transmit and/or receive, such as chassis ID (if using link aggregation), MAC Phy configuration, management address, MFS (maximum frame size), port description, port ID, and power MDI.

Click

Save

LLDP is configured on the system for the specified interfaces and LAGs.

Remove LLDP interfaces from the webUI

You can remove LLDP interfaces from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

LLDP Configuration

In the

Interfaces

table, select the interfaces you want to remove.

For each interface selected:

Click

Remove

Click

Save

The LLDP interfaces are removed.

Display LLDP details from the webUI

LLDP enables a network device to advertise information about themselves to other devices on the network and enables network devices to receive information from neighboring devices. If using LLDP, you can display state information for the LLDP-enabled interfaces and LAGs in the chassis partition. When LLDP is enabled to receive data in a working network, any device information received from neighbors is included in a table.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

LLDP Details

The screen shows LLDP state information for interfaces in this chassis partition (similar to info shown at the CLI using

show lldp

In the Neighbors table, examine the identification, configuration, and capabilities of neighboring devices.

This information provides details useful for troubleshooting many configuration problems.

Set the

Auto Refresh

interval for refreshing the data displayed or click the refresh icon to update the data immediately.

LLDP configuration from the CLI

Configure LLDP on a chassis partition from the CLI

Before you can configure LLDP on a chassis partition, make sure that the interfaces you will use are up and running with VLANs configured.

You can configure LLDP from the chassis partition CLI.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure LLDP.

lldp config {

disabled

enabled

} max-neighbors-per-port <neighbors> reinit-delay <time> system-description <description> system-name <name> tx-delay <time> tx-hold <time> tx-interval <interval>

These are the available options:

Option	Description
disabled	Disable LLDP on the system.
enabled	Enable LLDP on the system.
max-neighbors-per-port	Specify a maximum number of LLDP neighbors per port. The default value is 10 .
reinit-delay	Specify a minimum delay time to re-initialize LLDP data unit (LLDPDU). The default value is 2 .
system-description	Specify a description for LLDP. The minimum length is 0 characters, and the maximum length is 255 characters.
system-name	Specify a name for LLDP. The minimum length is 0 characters, and the maximum length is 255 characters.
tx-delay	Specify a delay time to transmit LLDPDU. The default value is 2 .
tx-hold	Specify a hold time to transmit LLDPDU. The default value is 4 .
tx-interval	Specify an interval to transmit LLDPDU. The range is from 5 to 32768. The default value is 30 .

This example enables LLDP on the chassis partition:

default-1(config)# lldp config enabled

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure LLDP on an interface from the CLI

You can configure LLDP on an interface from the chassis partition CLI.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure LLDP on an interface.

lldp interfaces interface <blade>/<interface> config {

disabled

enabled

} name <name> tlv-advertisement-state {

none

rxonly

txonly

txrx

} tlvmap <device-info> tx-interval <interval>

These are the available options:

Option	Description
disabled	Disable LLDP on the interface.
enabled	Enable LLDP on the interface.
name	Specify a name for the LLDP interface. The minimum length is 1 character, and the maximum length is 63 characters.
tlv-advertisement-state	Specify the LLDP PDU direction for LLDP Type-Length-Value (TLV) advertisement. Options include tx (transmit only), rx (receive only), or txrx (transmit and receive). The default value is txrx.
tlvmap	Specify the TLV device information that you want to transmit and/or receive, such as chassis ID (if using link aggregation), MAC Phy configuration, management address, MFS (maximum frame size), port description, port ID, and power MDI.

This example configures a tlv-advertisement-state for LLDP interface 1.0 on blade-1:

default-1(config)# lldp interfaces interface 1/1.0 config tlv-advertisement-state txrx

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Return to user (operational) mode.

end

Verify the LLDP interface configuration.

show running-config lldp interfaces <blade>/<interface>

A summary similar to this example displays:

default-1# show running-config lldp interfaces interface 1/1.0
lldp interfaces interface 1/1.0
 config name             1/1.0
 config enabled
 config tlv-advertisement-state txrx
 config tlvmap           chassis-id,port-id,ttl,port-description,system-name,system-description,system-capabilities,pvid,ppvid,vlan-name,protocol-identity,macphy,link-aggregation,power-mdi,mfs,product-model
!

Quality of Service (QoS) configuration overview

To minimize the chance that higher priority traffic is dropped when traffic congestion occurs, you can configure the system to prioritize higher priority traffic over other types of traffic. The Quality of Service (QoS) feature enables you to configure the weight of packet types, according to the 802.1p or DSCP standards, to guarantee that a percentage of a given type of traffic is transmitted and not dropped when there is a high volume of traffic.

For more information, see

VELOS Systems: Prioritizing Traffic using QoS

at the F5OS Knowledge Center.

Spanning tree protocol (STP) overview

The

VELOS

system supports a set of industry-standard, Layer 2 protocols known as

spanning tree protocols

. A spanning tree is a logical tree-like depiction of the bridges on a network and the paths that connect them. Spanning tree protocols block redundant paths on a network, preventing bridging loops. If a blocked, redundant path is needed later because another path has failed, the spanning tree protocols clear the path again for traffic.

The spanning tree protocols that the

VELOS

system supports are:

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) - 802.1d

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) - 802.1w

Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) - 802.1s

You can configure spanning tree protocols on

a chassis partition

from the webUI, CLI, or REST API. Only one spanning tree protocol can be configured

on a chassis partition

at a time.

Central to the way that spanning tree protocols work is the use of bridge protocol data units (BPDUs). When you enable spanning tree protocols on Layer 2 devices on a network, the devices send BPDUs to each other, for the purpose of learning the redundant paths and updating their L2 forwarding tables accordingly, electing a root bridge, building a spanning tree, and notifying each other about changes in interface status.

The term

bridge

refers to a Layer 2 device such as a switch, bridge, or hub.

When you configure spanning tree on the

VELOS

system, you must first decide which protocol, or mode, you want to enable. Because MSTP recognizes VLANs, using MSTP is preferable. All bridges in a network environment that you want to use spanning tree must run the same spanning tree protocol. If a legacy bridge running RSTP or STP is added to the network, the

VELOS

system must switch and also use that same protocol.

You cannot enable STP on individual LAG members. Live upgrades will not work if STP is not configured correctly; resolve any configuration issues before upgrading.

You cannot enable STP on interfaces that are configured as virtual networks. For more information on configuring virtual wire and virtual networks, see Virtual wire overview.

STP/RSTP/MSTP configuration from the webUI

You can configure Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) from the webUI by selecting the desired protocol from the STP Configuration page under Network Settings. You can also disable STP functionality by selecting

Disabled

Configure STP from the webUI

You can configure Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

STP Configuration

For

STP Mode

, select

STP

(single instance, best on networks with legacy systems).

A message warns you that changing modes deletes any existing STP configuration settings. When you click

, the selected mode is enabled, and additional options for that mode display (with default values set).

For

Hello Time

, specify the time interval, in seconds, that the system transmits spanning tree information (through BPDUs) to adjacent bridges in the network.

The default value is 2.

For

Max Age

, specify the length of time, in seconds, that spanning tree information received from other bridges is considered valid.

The default value is 20, and the valid range is from 6 to 40.

For

Forwarding Delay

, specify the amount of time, in seconds, that the system blocks an interface from forwarding network traffic when the spanning tree algorithm reconfigures a spanning tree.

The default value is 15, and the valid range is from 4 to 30. This has no effect when running in RSTP or MSTP unless using an added legacy STP bridge.

For

Hold Count

, specify the maximum number of spanning tree frames (BPDUs) that the system can transmit on a port within the Hello Time interval.

This ensures that spanning tree frames do not overload the network. The default value is 6, and the valid range is from 1 to 10.

For

Bridge Priority

, specify the bridge in the spanning tree with the lowest relative priority becomes the root bridge, which is responsible for managing loop resolution on the network.

Configure this setting so that the system never becomes the root bridge. The default value is 32768. The valid range is from 0 to 61440 in multiples of 4096.

For

Interfaces

, select (one at a time) the interfaces and LAGs, if any, for which you want to configure STP and specify these fields:

Option	Description
Cost	Used to calculate the cost of sending spanning tree traffic through the interface to an adjacent bridge or spanning tree region. Based on the speed of the interface. The default value is 0, and the valid range is from 0 (lowest) to 200,000,000 (highest).
Port Priority	Used as the port identifier together with the slot/port numbers. The default value is 128 (when an interface is selected), and the valid range is from 0 (highest) to 240 (lowest) in multiples of 16.
Edge Port	Needed only for RSTP or MSTP. When enabled, indicates the interface or LAG is an edge port that does not receive any BPDU frames. Set to EDGE-AUTO, EDGE-ENABLE, or EDGE-DISABLE. If you enable EDGE-ENABLE, and the interface later receives BPDUs, the system disables the setting automatically, because only non-edge interfaces can receive BPDUs.
Link Type	Specifies the type of optimization: P2P : Optimizes for point-to-point spanning tree links (connects two spanning tree bridges only). Note that P2P is the only valid STP link type for a LAG. Shared : Optimizes for shared spanning tree links (connecting two or more spanning tree bridges).

For more information on the available interfaces and LAGs, see the

NETWORK SETTINGS

Interfaces

LAGs

screens.

Click

Save

STP is now set up for use on the system.

Configure RSTP from the webUI

You can configure Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

STP Configuration

For

STP Mode

, select

RSTP

(single instance, fast convergence).

A message warns you that changing modes deletes any existing STP configuration settings. When you click

, the selected mode is enabled, and additional options for that mode are displayed (with default values set).

For

Hello Time

, specify the time interval, in seconds, that the VELOS system transmits spanning tree information (through BPDUs) to adjacent bridges in the network.

The default value is 2. For RSTP, maintain this relationship between the Maximum Age and Hello Time options:

Max Age >= 2 * (Hello Time + 1)

For

Max Age

, specify the length of time, in seconds, that spanning tree information received from other bridges is considered valid.

The default value is 20, and the valid range is from 6 to 40. For RSTP, maintain these relationships between the Maximum Age and the Hello Time and Forward Delay options:

Max Age >= 2 * (Hello Time + 1)

Max Age <= 2 * (Forward Delay - 1)

For

Forwarding Delay

, specify the amount of time, in seconds, that the system blocks an interface from forwarding network traffic when the spanning tree algorithm reconfigures a spanning tree.

The default value is 15, and the valid range is from 4 to 30. This has no effect when running in RSTP or MSTP unless using an added legacy STP bridge. For RSTP, maintain these relationships between the Maximum Age and Forward Delay options:

Max Age <= 2 * (Forward Delay - 1)

For

Interfaces

, select (one at a time) the interfaces and LAGs, if any, for which you want to configure RSTP and specify these fields:

Option	Description
Cost	Used to calculate the cost of sending spanning tree traffic through the interface to an adjacent bridge or spanning tree region. Based on the speed of the interface. The default value is 0, and the valid range is from 0 (lowest) to 200,000,000 (highest).
Port Priority	Used as the port identifier together with the slot/port numbers. The default value is 128 (when an interface is selected), and the valid range is from 0 (highest) to 240 (lowest) in multiples of 16.
Edge Port	Needed only for RSTP or MSTP. When enabled, indicates the interface or LAG is an edge port that does not receive any BPDU frames. Set to EDGE-AUTO, EDGE-ENABLE, or EDGE-DISABLE. If you enable EDGE-ENABLE, and the interface later receives BPDUs, the system disables the setting automatically, because only non-edge interfaces can receive BPDUs.
Link Type	Specifies the type of optimization: P2P : Optimizes for point-to-point spanning tree links (connects two spanning tree bridges only). Note that P2P is the only valid STP link type for a LAG. Shared : Optimizes for shared spanning tree links (connecting two or more spanning tree bridges).

For more information on the available interfaces and LAGs, see the

NETWORK SETTINGS

Interfaces

LAGs

screens.

Click

Save

RSTP is now set up for use on the system.

Configure MSTP from the webUI

If you want to use Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) to define a region, you can configure it from the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

NETWORK SETTINGS

STP Configuration

For

STP Mode

, select

MSTP

(multiple instances, fast convergence).

For

Region Name

, enter a name (string with 1 to 32 characters) that you assign to all bridges in a spanning tree region.

A spanning tree region is a group of bridges with identical region names and MSTP revision numbers, as well as identical assignment of VLANs to spanning tree instances. The default value is the bridge MAC address. A region can have multiple members with the same MSTP configuration.

For

Revision

, specify a global revision number that you assign to all bridges in a spanning tree region.

The default value is 0, and the valid range is 0 to 65535. All bridges in the same region must have this same configuration revision number.

For

Max Hop

, specify The maximum number of hops that a spanning tree frame (BPDU) can traverse before it is discarded.

The default value is 20, and the valid range is from 1 to 255.

For

Hello Time

, specify the time interval, in seconds, that the system transmits spanning tree information (through BPDUs) to adjacent bridges in the network.

The default value is 2.

For

Forwarding Delay

, specify the amount of time, in seconds, that the system blocks an interface from forwarding network traffic when the spanning tree algorithm reconfigures a spanning tree.

The default value is 15, and the valid range is from 4 to 30. This has no effect when running in RSTP or MSTP unless using an added legacy STP bridge.

For

Hold Count

, specify the maximum number of spanning tree frames (BPDUs) that the system can transmit on a port within the Hello Time interval.

This ensures that spanning tree frames do not overload the network. The default value is 6, and the valid range is from 1 to 10.

To configure multiple instances for a region, adjust these settings for

MSTP Instances

Under

Instances

, click

In the Add MSTP Instance popup, for

Instance ID

, enter a positive integer and click

Add

Under

Instances

, select one of the instances.

Available interfaces are listed below.

Under

VLANs

, select the VLANs to map to this instance.

For

Bridge Priority

, configure this setting so that the VELOS system never becomes the root bridge.

The default value is 32768, and the valid range is from 0 to 61440 in multiples of 4096. Each MSTP instance can have its own bridge priority.

For

Interfaces

, select the interfaces (one at a time) that traffic for this instance can use and specify these fields:

Option	Description
Cost	Used to calculate the cost of sending spanning tree traffic through the interface to an adjacent bridge or spanning tree region. Based on the speed of the interface. The default value is 0, and the valid range is from 0 (lowest) to 200,000,000 (highest).
Port Priority	Used as the port identifier together with the slot/port numbers. The default value is 128 (when an interface is selected), and the valid range is from 0 (highest) to 240 (lowest) in multiples of 16.
Edge Port	Needed only for RSTP or MSTP. When enabled, indicates the interface or LAG is an edge port that does not receive any BPDU frames. Set to EDGE-AUTO, EDGE-ENABLE, or EDGE-DISABLE. If you enable EDGE-ENABLE, and the interface later receives BPDUs, the system disables the setting automatically, because only non-edge interfaces can receive BPDUs.
Link Type	Specifies the type of optimization: P2P : Optimizes for point-to-point spanning tree links (connects two spanning tree bridges only). Note that P2P is the only valid STP link type for a LAG. Shared : Optimizes for shared spanning tree links (connecting two or more spanning tree bridges).

Continue to configure any other instances that you might need.

Click

Save

The system displays a confirmation dialog confirming whether to update the system controllers.

MSTP is set up for use on the system.

STP/RSTP/MSTP configuration from the CLI

Change STP modes from the CLI

If you want to change STP modes, you must first remove the existing STP configuration by deleting the existing mode and configuration from the chassis partition CLI.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Disable the current STP mode.

no stp global config enabled-protocol STP

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Remove the existing interface configuration for STP mode.

no stp stp interfaces interface

Remove the edge port and link type configuration.

no stp interfaces interface

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Enable another STP mode.

stp global config enabled-protocol {

MSTP

RAPID_PVST

RSTP

STP

}

In this example, you enable RSTP:

default-1(config)# stp global config enabled-protocol RSTP

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure STP from the CLI

STP is the original spanning tree protocol, but it is not recommended in VLAN-rich environments due to poor performance unless required by your configuration. STP can create only one spanning tree (instance 0) for the entire network, and therefore cannot take VLANs into account when managing redundant paths. You can configure STP from the chassis partition CLI.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Enable STP.

stp global config enabled-protocol {

MSTP

RAPID_PVST

RSTP

STP

]

In this example, you enable STP mode:

default-1(config)# stp global config enabled-protocol STP

Configure the bridge-priority so that it is not selected as the root bridge.

stp stp config bridge-priority <priority>

The priority is used together with the address as a bridge identifier. The range is from 0 (highest) to 61440 (lowest), in increments of 4096. The default value is 32768.

In this example, you set the bridge priority to 32768:

default-1(config)# stp stp config bridge-priority 32768

Configure interface cost and port priority.

stp {

global

interfaces

mstp

rstp

stp

} interfaces interface <interface> config cost <cost> port-priority <priority>

You must configure all interfaces that will be included in STP.

The priority is used as the port identifier together with the slot/port numbers. The port priority range is from 0 (highest) to 240 (lowest) in increments of 16. The default value is 128. The port path cost range is from 0 (lowest) to 20,000,000,000 in increments of 1. The default port path cost is assigned dynamically (cost = 20,000,000,000 / port speed in kbits).

In this example, you configure the RSTP to use slot 1/port 1.0, with an interface cost of 200 and a port priority of 128:

default-1(config)# stp stp interfaces interface 1/1.0 config cost 200 
  port-priority 128

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure RSTP from the CLI

RSTP is an enhancement to STP that improves spanning tree performance. RSTP can create only one spanning tree (instance 0) for the entire network, and therefore cannot take VLANs into account when managing redundant paths. You can configure RSTP from the chassis partition CLI.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Enable RSTP.

stp global config enabled-protocol {

MSTP

RAPID_PVST

RSTP

STP

]

The bridge-priority, forwarding-delay, hello-time, hold-count, and max-age have default values, which are recommended for use.

In this example, you enable RSTP mode:

default-1(config)# stp global config enabled-protocol RSTP

Configure the bridge-priority so that it is not selected as the root bridge.

stp {

global

interfaces

mstp

rstp

stp

} config bridge-priority <priority>

The priority is used together with the address as a bridge identifier. The range is from 0 (highest) to 61440 (lowest), in increments of 4096. The default value is 32768.

default-1(config)# stp rstp config bridge-priority <integer>

Configure interface cost and port priority.

stp {

global

interfaces

mstp

rstp

stp

} interfaces interface <interface> config cost <cost> port-priority <priority>

You must configure all interfaces that will be included in STP.

In this example, you configure the RSTP to use slot 1/port 1.0, with an interface cost of 200 and a port priority of 128:

default-1(config)# stp rstp interfaces interface 1/1.0 config cost 200 
  port-priority 128

Configure interface edge-port and link-type.

stp interfaces interface <interface> config edge-port {

EDGE_AUTO

EDGE_DISABLE

EDGE_ENABLE

} link-type {

P2P

SHARED

]

You must configure all interfaces that will be included in STP.

In this example, you configure slot 1/port 2.0 to set the interface as an EDGE_AUTO port that uses point-to-point spanning tree links:

default-1(config)# stp interfaces interface 1/2.0 config 
  edge-port EDGE_AUTO link-type P2P

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure MSTP from the CLI

MSTP is an enhancement to RSTP and is the preferred spanning tree protocol (STP) for the

VELOS

system. MSTP is specifically designed to understand VLANs and VLAN tagging (specified in IEEE 802.1q). MSTP allows for multiple spanning tree instances. Each instance corresponds to a spanning tree and can control one or more VLANs that you specify when you create the instance. Thus, for any

VELOS

system interface that you assigned to multiple VLANs, MSTP can block a path on one VLAN, while still keeping a path in another VLAN open for traffic.

You can configure MSTP from the chassis partition CLI. The spanning tree algorithm automatically groups bridges into regions, based on the values you assign to the MSTP configuration name, revision number, instance numbers, and instance members.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Enable MSTP.

stp mstp config name <region-name> revision [0-65535]

The

name

option is a string <= 32 characters, and the default value is the bridge MAC address. The

revision

option is a range from 0 to 65535, and the default value is 0. The

forwarding-delay

hello-time

hold-count

max-age

, and

max-hop

options have default values, which are recommended for use.

The

name

and

revision

options together form the common identifier of the BPDUs within the region. They must be identical on all bridges in the region.

Create an MSTP instance.

stp mstp mst-instances mst-instance <integer> config mst-id <integer>

In this example, you create an instance named test with the default revision level (0):

default-1(config)# stp mstp config name test revision 0

Configure VLANs for the MSTP instance.

vlans vlan <vlan-id>

The VLANs must already exist.

In this example, you create VLANs 300 and 301:

default-1(config)# vlans vlan 300
default-1(config-vlan-300)# vlans vlan 301

In this example, you assign VLANs 300 and 301 to MSTP instance 1:

default-1(config)# stp mstp mst-instances mst-instance 1 
  config vlan [ 300 301 ]

Exit to the top level of the configuration hierarchy.

top

Configure bridge priority for the MSTP instance.

stp mstp mst-instances mst-instance <instance> config bridge-priority <priority>

Each MSTP instance can have its own priority. The priority is used together with the address as a bridge identifier. The default value is 32768, and the range is from 0 (highest) to 61440 (lowest) in multiples of 4096.

In this example, you configure MTSP instance 1 with a bridge priority of 32768:

default-1(config)# stp mstp mst-instances mst-instance 1 config 
  bridge-priority 32768

Exit to the top level of the configuration hierarchy.

top

Configure interface cost and port priority.

stp mstp mst-instances mst-instance <instance> interface interface <interface> config cost <cost> port-priority <priority>

You must configure all interfaces that will be included in STP.

In this example, you configure MSTP instance 1 to use slot 1/port 1.0, with an interface cost of 200 and a port priority of 128:

default-1(config)# stp mstp mst-instances mst-instance 1 interfaces 
  interface 1/1.0 config cost 200 port-priority 128

Exit to the top level of the configuration hierarchy.

top

Configure interface edge-port and link-type.

stp interfaces interface <blade>/<interface> config edge-port {

EDGE_AUTO

EDGE_DISABLE

EDGE_ENABLE

} link-type {

P2P

SHARED

}

You must configure all interfaces that will be included in STP.

In this example, you configure blade 1/port 2.0 to set the interface as an EDGE_AUTO port that uses point-to-point spanning tree links:

default-1(config)# stp interfaces interface 1/2.0 config 
  edge-port EDGE_AUTO link-type P2P

These settings speed up convergence time by eliminating the learning state on ports that do not receive BPDUs. This configuration is cancelled automatically upon reception of a BPDU.

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Virtual wire overview

A virtual wire (also known as L2 inline service) logically connects either two interfaces/physical ports or two LAGs, to each other. This enables the system to forward traffic from one interface to another, in either direction. Packets received on a virtual-wire interface are forwarded to the other endpoint of the virtual wire.

The endpoints of a virtual wire must be of the same type. For example, you cannot mix an interface and a LAG in a virtual wire.

A virtual network forms an internal virtual L2/L3 network in the system. Each virtual network has its own set of external network endpoints and can be configured using one of two modes: default and virtual-wire.

After you create a virtual wire, you can attach it to a tenant. A single tenant can use multiple virtual networks.

You cannot enable spanning tree protocol (STP) on interfaces that are configured as virtual networks. For more information on configuring STP, see Spanning tree protocol (STP) overview.

Virtual wire configuration from the CLI

Configure virtual networks from the CLI

You can configure virtual networks with a specified mode from the chassis partition CLI.

Only STATIC LAGs (not LACP) support virtual networks.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create a virtual network.

You cannot create a virtual wire using this virtual network if you specify

default

for the

mode

option.

virtual-networks virtual-network <name> config mode {

default

virtual-wire

}

This example creates a virtual network named vn1:

default-1(config)# virtual-networks virtual-network vn1 config mode virtual-wire

Exit to the top level of the configuration hierarchy.

top

Create a second virtual network if you plan to configure a virtual wire (a virtual wire must include exactly two virtual networks).

You cannot create a virtual wire using this virtual network if you specify

default

for the

mode

option.

virtual-networks virtual-network <name> config mode {

default

virtual-wire

}

This example creates a virtual network named vn2:

default-1(config)# virtual-networks virtual-network vn2 config mode virtual-wire

Exit to the top level of the configuration hierarchy.

top

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

After you have configured two virtual networks, you can associate these networks with an interface or STATIC LAG.

Configure the interface/LAG for virtual networks from the CLI

You can configure the interface or STATIC LAG to associate with two previously-configured virtual networks from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Associate an interface or STATIC LAG with a virtual network.

interfaces interface <interface-or-lag-name> {

ethernet

aggregation

} config virtual-network <virtual-network>

This example associates interface 1.0 with a virtual network named vn1:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface 1.0 ethernet config 
  virtual-network vn1

This example associates LAG-11 with a virtual network named vn1:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface LAG-11 aggregation config 
  virtual-network vn1

Exit to the top level of the configuration hierarchy.

top

Associate a different interface or STATIC LAG with the other virtual network.

interfaces interface <interface-or-lag> ethernet config virtual-networks <virtual-network>

This example associates interface 2.0 with a virtual network named vn2:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface 2.0 ethernet config 
  virtual-networks vn2

This example associates LAG-12 with a virtual network named vn12:

default-1(config)# interfaces interface LAG-12 aggregation config 
  virtual-networks vn2

Exit to the top level of the configuration hierarchy.

top

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

After you have associated the virtual networks with an interface or LAG, you can create a virtual wire that uses these virtual networks.

Configure a virtual wire from the CLI

You can configure a virtual wire from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create a virtual wire.

virtual-wires virtual-wire <name> config virtual-networks [ <virtual-networks> ] vwire-propagate-linkstatus {

false

true

}

This example creates a virtual wire named vwire that includes virtual networks named vn1 and vn2. It also specifies that link status is propagated, which means that if one interface in the virtual wire loses its connection (link down), that state propagates to the other interface in the virtual wire.

default-1(config)# virtual-wires virtual-wire vwire config 
  virtual-networks [ vn1 vn2 ] vwire-propagate-linkstatus true

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

After you have created virtual networks and a virtual wire, you can add a virtual wire to a tenant.

Add a virtual wire to a tenant from the CLI

You can add a virtual wire to a configured tenant from the chassis partition CLI.

Connect using SSH to the chassis partition management IP address.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Add a virtual wire to a tenant.

tenants tenant <tenant-name> config virtual-wires <virtual-wire-name>

This example adds a virtual wire named vwire to a tenant named bigip:

default-1(config)# tenants tenant bigip config virtual-wires vwire

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Return to user (operational) mode.

end

Verify the tenant configuration.

A summary similar to this excerpt displays:

default-1# show tenants tenant bigip
tenants tenant bigip
 state unit-key-hash 123QLBL3xzfMHFvhYNeLmB/Hks/v/z17Zd5FxVYhwdBLQIR2yVFrzD/FMn8cbCtmoXeYMkl+ZLXP+zZXV/DMDA==
 state type          BIG-IP
 state image         BIGIP-15.1.8-0.0.7.ALL-F5OS.qcow2.zip.bundle
 state nodes         [ 1 2 ]
 state mgmt-ip       192.0.2.6
 state prefix-length 23
 state gateway       192.0.6.254
 state cryptos       enabled
 state tenant-auth-support disabled
 state vcpu-cores-per-node 6
 state memory        22016
 state storage size 77
 state running-state deployed
 state mac-data base-mac 00:0a:12:ff:34:56
 state mac-data mac-pool-size 1
 state appliance-mode disabled
 state status        Running
 state virtual-wires [ vwire ]
...

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Configure DNS from the CLI

Network configuration for the chassis partition

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Interfaces overview

Configure interfaces from the webUI

Display and reset interface statistics from the webUI

Configure an interface from the CLI

Show the state of a specified interface from the CLI

Link aggregation group (LAG) overview

Create LAGs from the webUI

Configure LAGs from the webUI

Display LACP details from the webUI

Static LAG configuration from the CLI

Configure a static LAG interface from the CLI

Add interfaces to LAG members from the CLI

Associate VLANs with LAG interfaces from the CLI

LACP configuration from the CLI

Create a LAG interface from the CLI

Create an LACP interface from the CLI

Enable LACP on a LAG interface from the CLI

Display LACP state from the CLI

Display LACP interface state from the CLI

Configure LACP logging level from the CLI

Display configuration members from the CLI

Display working members from the CLI

VLAN overview

Create VLANs from the webUI

Create VLANs from the CLI

VLAN listeners overview

Display VLAN listeners from the webUI

Display VLAN listeners from the CLI

IP tunnels overview

IP tunnel configuration from the webUI

Configure GTP tunnels from the webUI

Configure GENEVE tunnels from the webUI

Configure NVGRE tunnels from the webUI

Configure VXLAN tunnels from the webUI

Disable IP tunnels from the webUI

Reset IP tunnels to default values from the webUI

IP tunnel configuration from the CLI

Configure GTP tunnels from the CLI

Configure GENEVE tunnels from the CLI

Configure NVGRE tunnels from the CLI

Configure VXLAN tunnels from the CLI

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) overview

LLDP configuration from the webUI

Configure LLDP from the webUI

Remove LLDP interfaces from the webUI

Display LLDP details from the webUI

LLDP configuration from the CLI

Configure LLDP on a chassis partition from the CLI

Configure LLDP on an interface from the CLI

Quality of Service (QoS) configuration overview

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Configure RSTP from the webUI

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STP/RSTP/MSTP configuration from the CLI

Change STP modes from the CLI

Configure STP from the CLI

Configure RSTP from the CLI

Configure MSTP from the CLI

Virtual wire overview

Virtual wire configuration from the CLI