© Copyright Lenovo 2017 Chapter 33: Layer 2 Failover 521
Configuration Guidelines
Thissectionprovidesimporta n tinformationaboutconfiguringLayer2Failover.
Note: AutoMonitorandManualMonitoraremutuallyexclusive.Theycannot
bothbeconfiguredontheswitch.
Auto Monitor Guidelines
AnyspecificfailovertriggermaymonitorstaticLAGsonlyorLACPLAGsonly,
butnotboth.
AllexternalportsinallstaticorLACPLAGsaddedtoanyspecificfailover
triggermustbelongtothesameVLAN.
AmaximumoftwoLACPkeyscanbeaddedpertrigger.
WhenVLANMonitorison,thefollowingadditionalguidelinesapply:
AllexternalportsinallstaticorLACPLAGsaddedtoaspecificfailover
triggermustbelongtothesameVLANandhavethesamePVID.
DifferenttriggersarenotpermittedtooperateonthesameVLAN.
Differenttriggersarenotpermittedtooperateonthesameinternalport.
ForeachportineachLAGinaspecificfailovertrigger,thetriggerwill
monitortheSTPstateononlythedefaultPVID.
Manual Monitor Guidelines
AManualMonitorcanmonitoronlyexternalports.
Anyspecific failovertriggercanmonitorexternalportsonly,staticLAGsonly,or
LACPLAGsonly.Thedifferenttypescannotbecombinedinthesametrigger.
AmaximumoftwoLACPkeyscanbeaddedpertrigger.
Managementports,FCportsandstackingportscannotbemonitored.
Controlportsfordifferenttriggersmustnotoverlap.Monitorportsmay
overlap.