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Defining VLAG advanced settings

You can configure advanced VLAG properties using the VLAG Advanced Configuration template.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to create a VLAG Advanced Configuration template.

  1. From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Provisioning > Switch Configuration Templates. The Switch Configuration Templates page is displayed.
  2. Click VLAG > Advanced Configuration in the left navigation, and then click the Create icon (Create icon).
  3. In the Create New Template dialog, specify the following information.

    • Enter a name and description for the template.

    • Specify the priority that is used to control which peer is primary. This can be a number from 1 – 65535.

      If not specified, the switch's default priority is used. For CNOS, the default is 0.

    • Specify the grace period, in seconds, for the VLAG to come online after a simultaneous reboot. This can be a number from 240 – 3600.

      If not specified, the switch's default is used. For CNOS, the default is 300.

    • Specify the tier ID that is used to differentiate VLAG setups in the same network. This can be a number from 1 – 512.

    • Specify the vLAG startup delay interval, in seconds, that is used to delay bringing up ports after a peer reloads. This can be a number from 0 – 3600.

      If not specified, the switch's default is used. For CNOS, the default is 120.

    • Specify the number of VLAG keep-alive attempts (unanswered hello messages) before the VLAG fails. This can be a number from 1 – 24.

      If not specified, the switch's default is used. For CNOS, the default is 3.

    • Specify the interval, in seconds, between VLAG keep-alive attempts. This can be a number from 2 – 300.

      If not specified, the switch's default is used. For CNOS, the default is 5.

    • Specify the interval, in seconds, between VLAG keep-alive retry attempts. This can be a number from 1 – 300.

      If not specified, the switch's default is used. For CNOS, the default is 30.

  4. Click Create to save the template, or click Create and Deploy to save and immediately deploy the template to one or more managed rack switches.

    For information about deploying a template, see Deploying switch-configuration templates to a target switch