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When an E300 system boots up and a single SFM is active this configuration, any ports configured with
this feature will be shut down. All other ports are booted up.
Similarly, if an SFM fails (or is removed) in an E300 system with two SFM, ports configured with this
feature will be shut down. All other ports are treated normally.
When a second SFM is installed or replaced, all ports are booted up and treated as normally. This feature
does not take affect until a single SFM is active in the E300 system.
Disable port on one SFM
This feature must be configured for each interface to shut down in the event that an SFM is disabled. Enter
the command
disable-on-sfm-failure
from INTERFACE mode to disable the port when only a single SFM is
available.
Link Dampening
Interface state changes occur when interfaces are administratively brought up or down or if an interface
state changes. Every time an interface changes state or flaps, routing protocols are notified of the status of
the routes that are affected by the change in state, and these protocols go through momentous task of
re-converging. Flapping therefore puts the status of entire network at risk of transient loops and black
holes.
Link dampening minimizes the risk created by flapping by imposing a penalty for each interface flap and
decaying the penalty exponentially. Once the penalty exceeds certain threshold, the interface is put in an
"error-disabled" state, and for all practical purposes of routing, the interface is deemed to be "down." Once
the interface becomes stable and the penalty decays below a certain threshold, the interface comes up again
and the routing protocols re-converge.
Link dampening:
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reduces processing on the CPUs by reducing excessive interface flapping.
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improves network stability by penalizing misbehaving interfaces and redirecting traffic
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improves convergence times and stability throughout the network by isolating failures so that
disturbances are not propagated.
Important Points to Remember
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Link dampening is not supported on VLAN interfaces
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Link dampening is disabled when the interface is configured for port monitoring
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Link dampening can be applied to Layer 2 and Layer 3 interfaces.
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Link dampening can be configured on individual interfaces in a LAG.
Summary of Contents for Force10 E300
Page 1: ...FTOS Configuration Guide FTOS 8 4 2 7 E Series TeraScale C Series S Series S50 S25 ...
Page 32: ...32 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 132: ...132 802 1X w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 310: ...310 Configuration Replace and Rollback w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 330: ...330 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 402: ...402 High Availability w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 462: ...462 Interfaces w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 482: ...482 IPv4 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 506: ...506 IPv6 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 582: ...582 Layer 2 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 642: ...642 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 662: ...662 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 690: ...690 Object Tracking w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 754: ...754 PIM Dense Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 784: ...784 PIM Source Specific Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 800: ...800 Power over Ethernet w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 876: ...876 Quality of Service w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 892: ...892 Routing Information Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1006: ...1006 Simple Network Management Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1018: ...1018 SONET SDH w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1048: ...1048 Broadcast Storm Control w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1096: ...1096 Uplink Failure Detection UFD w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1098: ...1098 Upgrade Procedures w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1196: ...1196 C Series Debugging and Diagnostics w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1252: ...1252 Standards Compliance w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1262: ...1262 Index w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...