Overview

Monitor Link associates the state of downlink interfaces with the state of uplink interfaces in a monitor link group. When Monitor Link shuts down the downlink interfaces because of an uplink failure, the downstream device changes connectivity to another link.

Figure 12: Monitor Link application scenario

A monitor link group contains uplink and downlink interfaces. An interface can belong to only one monitor link group.

As shown in Figure 12:

A monitor link group works independently of other monitor link groups. When a monitor link group does not contain any uplink interface or all its uplink interfaces are down, the monitor link group goes down. It forces all downlink interfaces down at the same time. When any uplink interface comes up, the monitor link group comes up and brings up all the downlink interfaces.