Netgear M5300-28G-POE+ (GSM7228PSv1h2) - 12-Port Managed Gigabit Switch Softwarehandbuch

The peer link is a port-channel that serves as the link between the two devices in the VPC 
domain. Using a multimember port-channel as the peer link helps protect it from link-level 
failures. The peer link is used to do the following:

Carry the keep-alive messages between the two peer devices.

Carry the BPDUs and LACPDUs between the secondary and primary VPC devices.

Carry control messages like VPC member port-related events, FDB/MFDB entries, and 
configuration details.

Carry data traffic over the peer’s VPC member ports when the member ports of the VPC 
interface on the local device are all down.

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Prepare your computer with a static IP address in the 169.254.100.0 subnet, for 

example, 169.254.100.201.

Connect an Ethernet cable from an Ethernet port on your computer to an Ethernet port on 

the switch.

Launch a web browser.

Enter the IP address of the switch in the web browser address field.

The default IP address of the switch is 169.254.100.100. 

The Login screen displays.

Enter the user name and password. 

The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is, 
do not enter a password.

Click the Login button. 

The web management interface menu displays.

Select > 

Operational VPC MAC

The VPC MAC address agreed upon by both peers during the role 
election.

VPC System Priority

The system priority of the peer VPC domain.

Operational VPC System Priority

The VPC system priority agreed upon by both peers during role 
election.

Peer Role

The role of the peer device in the VPC domain, which is Primary, 
Secondary, or None.

Local System MAC

The MAC address of the peer system.