Managing a Switch Stack 163
NSF and VoIP
Figure 8-13 shows how NSF maintains existing voice calls during a 
Management Unit failure. Assume the top unit is the Management Unit. 
When the Management Unit fails, the call from phone A is immediately 
disconnected. The call from phone B continues. On the uplink, the 
forwarding plane removes the failed LAG member and continues using the 
remaining LAG member. If phone B has learned VLAN or priority parameters 
through LLDP-MED, it continues to use those parameters. The stack 
resumes sending LLDPDUs with MED TLVs once the control plane restarts. 
Phone B may miss an LLDPDU from the stack, but should not miss enough 
PDUs to revert its VLAN or priority, assuming the administrator has not 
reduced the LLDPDU interval or hold count. If phone B is receiving quality 
of service from policies installed in the hardware, those policies are retained 
across the Management Unit restart. 
Figure 8-13. NSF and VoIP
 
 
LAG
Phone A
Phone B