Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions 6600 User Manual

Configuring High Availability VLANs

Release 5.1.6.R02 User Guide Supplement

page 3-3

Follow the steps below for a quick tutorial on configuring high availability (HA) VLANs. Additional 
information on how to configure each command is given in the sections that follow.

1 Create a default VLAN for the HA VLAN ports with the 

 command as shown below:

-> vlan 10

2 Assign ports to the new default VLAN with the 

 command as shown below:

-> vlan 10 port default 1/1, 3/2, 3/7, 6/1, 6/2

3 Create a VLAN that will become the HA VLAN once configured with ingress and egress ports. For 
example:

-> vlan 200

4 Configure ports 1/1 and 3/2 as ingress ports for HA VLAN 200. Use the 

 

command as shown below:

-> vlan 200 port-mac ingress-port 1/1 3/2

5 Configure ports 6/1 and 6/2 as egress ports for HA VLAN 200. Use the 

 

command as shown below:

-> vlan 200 port-mac egress-port 6/1 6/2

6 Assign a MAC address to this high availability VLAN with the 

 command. For example:

-> mac-address-table port-mac vlan 200 mac 00:DA:29:3C:11:20

7 Configure port 3/7 as an inter-switch port for the HA VLAN with the 

 command as shown 

below:

-> vlan 200 802.1q 3/7

Note that Step 7 is only done when the HA VLAN is configured across two switches. The ports that 
provide the connection between the two switches must be tagged with the HA VLAN ID.

8 Set the HA VLAN ingress flood queue bandwidth size to 100 Mbps. Use the 

 command as shown below:

-> vlan 200 port-mac bandwidth 100