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ArubaOS-CX Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) Guide for 10.02
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About this document
Applicable products
Latest version available online
About the examples
Switch prompts in examples
Upgrading to the latest version of VSX
Upgrading from ArubaOS-CX 10.01 to 10.02
Performing a rolling upgrade
Upgrading both switches at the same time
Upgrading from 10.02 to a later release of 10.02
Upgrading switches using the vsx update-software command
Upgrading from ArubaOS-CX 10.00 to 10.02
What happens during the upgrade
Upgrading from 10.00 to 10.02 overview
Performing a rolling upgrade
Upgrading both switches at the same time from 10.00 to 10.02
MCLAG to VSX command equivalency
VSX
Benefits of VSX
VSX solution topology overview
VSX LAG
VSF
VSF versus VSX
VSX solution requirements
VSX components
Inter-Switch Link (ISL)
ISL configurations
Keepalive
Keepalive response in ISL failure scenarios
Keepalive scenario
Keepalive configurations
Recommended network configuration for keepalive
Split recovery mode
Switch roles
IGMP snooping
DHCP relay backup
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
MSTP on VSX
MSTP with VSX guidelines
Sample configurations for MSTP on VSX
VSX and MSTP loop-protection configurations (physical and logical views)
Loop-protection and MSTP
IP multicast routing
DR failure with IP multicast routing
Active-active layer 2
Active-active layer 3 default gateway
Key benefits of active gateway compared to VRRP
Key differences between VRRP and active gateway
Active gateway over VSX
Active gateway configurations
VRRP with VSX configuration
Active forwarding
Deployment options for upstream connectivity with active-active forwarding
Benefits of active forwarding and active gateway
Active-standby DHCP relay
DHCP relay failure if the SVI is down on the primary switch
VSX in the core layer
Configuring core 1 and core 2
Configuring aggregate 1 and aggregate 2 switches
Configuring the access switch
VSX configuration synchronization
Enabling VSX configuration synchronization for a feature
Consistency checking between VSX switches
Ways to view the status of VSX
Viewing the show commands for both VSX switches from one switch
VSX switch reboot
Split brain scenario
Upstream connectivity options
Upstream routing over VSX LAG SVI links
Active forwarding and SVI per VRF
Link-up delay
The link-up delay timer during an ISL failure
Periodic synchronization
Troubleshooting
ISL is out-of-sync
ISL is in blocking state
Traffic drop on a VSX LAG interface
Traffic loss after the ISL has been out-of-sync and keepalive is down
Failure scenarios and split recovery
Sample campus topologies
Two-tier campus network (small campus-VSX)
Three-tier campus network - medium size (traditional topology)
VSX commands
active-gateway
config-sync disable
interface lag multi-chassis
inter-switch-link {<PORT-NUM> | lag <LAG-ID>}
inter-switch-link dead-interval
inter-switch-link hello-interval
inter-switch-link hold-time
keepalive dead-interval
keepalive hello-interval
keepalive peer
keepalive udp-port
linkup-delay-timer
linkup-delay-timer exclude lag-list
role {primary | secondary}
show interface <VLAN-NAME>
show lacp aggregates
show lacp interfaces
show lacp interfaces multi-chassis
show running-config vsx-sync
show running-config vsx-sync peer-diff
show vsx active-forwarding
show vsx brief
show vsx config-consistency
show vsx config-consistency lacp
show vsx configuration
show vsx configuration split-recovery
show vsx ip data-path
show vsx ip route
show vsx ipv6 data-path
show vsx ipv6 route
show vsx status
show vsx status config-sync
split recovery
system-mac
vsx
vsx active-forwarding
vsx update-software
vsx-sync
vsx-sync aaa
vsx-sync {[active-gateways] [policies]}
vsx-sync copp-policy
vsx-sync dns
vsx-sync mclag-interfaces
vsx-sync qos-global
vsx-sync sflow
vsx-sync snmp
vsx-sync ssh
vsx-sync static-routes
vsx-sync time
vsx-sync {[access-lists] [qos] [rate-limits] [vlans] [policies]}
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