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RUCKUS FastIron Campus Fabric Configuration Guide, 08.0.95 53-1005651-02

  • 1 Copyright Statement
  • Preface Ruckus
    • 3 Preface
      • 3.1 Document Conventions
      • 3.2 Command Syntax Conventions
      • 3.3 Document Feedback
      • 3.4 RUCKUS Product Documentation Resources
      • 3.5 Online Training Resources
      • 3.6 Contacting RUCKUS Customer Services and Support
  • About This Guide_Campus Fabric
    • 4 About This Guide
      • 4.1 Supported hardware and software
      • 4.2 What’s New in this Document
  • 5 Campus Fabric Overview
    • 5.1 Campus Fabric
    • 5.2 FastIron Devices and Campus Fabric Communication
    • 5.3 Campus Fabric Roles and Communication Protocols
      • 5.3.1 Control and Status Protocol
    • 5.4 Campus Fabric Data Path
    • 5.5 Campus Fabric Terminology
  • 6 Planning Considerations for a Campus Fabric Domain
    • 6.1 Campus Fabric Licensing
    • 6.2 Handling SPX Links with Different Speeds
    • 6.3 Campus Fabric Scalability
    • 6.4 SPX Port Combinations
    • 6.5 Control Bridge Considerations
    • 6.6 Port Extender Considerations
    • 6.7 Campus Fabric Topology Overview
      • 6.7.1 Topologies Not Supported by Campus Fabric
      • 6.7.2 Topologies Handled by Zero-touch or SPX Interactive-setup
  • 7 Campus Fabric Configuration Overview and Interactive Configuration
    • 7.1 Campus Fabric Configuration Overview
      • 7.1.1 Differences in Campus Fabric Configuration Practices
    • 7.2 Protecting a Unit from Being Discovered
    • 7.3 Zero-touch and SPX Interactive-setup Topology Requirements
      • 7.3.1 Invalid Topologies that Can Be Handled by SPX Interactive-setup
      • 7.3.2 Special Cases Where a Link Can Be Removed to Select All New Units
      • 7.3.3 SPX LAG Splits and Merges
        • 7.3.3.1 Detecting New Links and Converting PE Chains to Rings
    • 7.4 Zero-touch and SPX Interactive-setup Deployment Considerations
    • 7.5 Zero-touch Configuration
      • 7.5.1 Using Zero-touch to Add PE Units
    • 7.6 SPX Interactive-setup
      • 7.6.1 Changing PE IDs with SPX Interactive-setup
      • 7.6.2 Configuring SPX to Move PE Units without Changing IDs
      • 7.6.3 Converting a Stack to a PE Chain or Ring
      • 7.6.4 Converting a PE Chain or Chains to a Ring
      • 7.6.5 Downloading Images to New Units Before Converting Them to PEs with SPX Interactive-setup or Zero-touch Provisioning
  • 8 Campus Fabric Manual Configuration
    • 8.1 Enabling and Configuring the Control Bridge
      • 8.1.1 Adding a Reserved PE Configuration on the CB
    • 8.2 How PE Units Join a Campus Fabric Domain
    • 8.3 Manually Enabling and Configuring PE Units
      • 8.3.1 SPX Port and LAG Configuration Rules
      • 8.3.2 Configuration Changes in PE Mode Before Joining the CB
      • 8.3.3 Regular, Provisional-PE, and PE Mode
      • 8.3.4 Dynamic Versus Static SPX Configuration
    • 8.4 Campus Fabric Detailed Manual Configuration Example
  • 9 Campus Fabric Considerations for Layer 2, Layer 3, Multicast, Security, and QoS
    • 9.1 Campus Fabric Layer 2 Considerations
    • 9.2 Campus Fabric Layer 3 Unicast Considerations
    • 9.3 Campus Fabric and IP Multicast Considerations
      • 9.3.1 Considerations for Multicast Forwarding on PE Units
    • 9.4 Campus Fabric Security Considerations
    • 9.5 Campus Fabric QoS Considerations
  • 10 Campus Fabric Management
    • 10.1 Logging in through the Console Port
    • 10.2 Using the Remote CB Console
      • 10.2.1 PE Console Port Behavior
    • 10.3 Changing the Speed on an SPX Link
      • 10.3.1 Converting 1-Gbps SPX Links on Downstream PEs to 10-Gbps Links
      • 10.3.2 Converting Attached PE Candidate Speed by Physically Disconnecting the Units
    • 10.4 Handling Nonoperational PE Units
    • 10.5 Assigning an ID to a PE Unit
      • 10.5.1 Assigning a PE ID that Has Been Taken
    • 10.6 Replacing a PE Unit
    • 10.7 Replacing PE Units with the Zero-touch or SPX Interactive Utility
    • 10.8 Moving a PE Unit and Retaining Its ID (Manual Methods)
      • 10.8.1 Method 1: Prepare a New Topology by Reconfiguring PE IDs on the CB
      • 10.8.2 Method 2: Allow Suggested ID or Previous Unit ID Assignment
    • 10.9 Removing a PE Ring and Its Configuration
    • 10.10 Configuring SPX Ports and LAGs on a Live System
    • 10.11 Campus Fabric (SPX) Image Upgrade
      • 10.11.1 Disabling or Re-enabling the Auto Image Copy Process for a Campus Fabric (SPX) Configuration
      • 10.11.2 Configuring a TFTP Server for Campus Fabric (SPX) auto image copy
      • 10.11.3 Manual Upgrade of Campus Fabric (SPX) Images Using a Manifest File
    • 10.12 Unconfiguring the CB Stack or PE Units
    • 10.13 CB Stack Merges and Breaks
    • 10.14 Displaying Campus Fabric (SPX) Information
      • 10.14.1 SPX Information in show running-config Output
      • 10.14.2 SPX Information in show configuration Command Output
      • 10.14.3 Displaying Regular Mode Configuration from a PE Unit
      • 10.14.4 Displaying Information with the show spx Command
      • 10.14.5 Using show commands for Operational Analysis
    • 10.15 Campus Fabric mirroring overview
      • 10.15.1 Mirroring in a Campus Fabric domain
    • 10.16 MIB support for Campus Fabric 802.1br SPX configurations
  • 11 Campus Fabric Troubleshooting
    • 11.1 Enabling and Using SPX Monitoring
      • 11.1.1 System Validation of Network Changes
      • 11.1.2 Sample show spx-mon Output Indicating Issues
      • 11.1.3 Sample show spx-mon history Output
      • 11.1.4 The SPX Monitoring PE Join Checklist
    • 11.2 Troubleshooting PE Data Ports
    • 11.3 Campus Fabric General Troubleshooting Checklist

Campus Fabric Overview

In this section:

  1. Campus Fabric
    Campus Fabric is sometimes referred to as Switch Port Extender (SPX).
  2. FastIron Devices and Campus Fabric Communication
  3. Campus Fabric Roles and Communication Protocols
  4. Campus Fabric Data Path
  5. Campus Fabric Terminology

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