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RUCKUS ICX Switch Port Extender Deployment Guide 53-1004186-03

  • 1 Copyright Statement
  • 3 Preface
    • 3.1 Overview
    • 3.2 Purpose of This Document
    • 3.3 Audience
    • 3.4 Objectives
    • 3.5 Document History
  • 4 SPX Technical Architecture
    • 4.1 Control Bridge
    • 4.2 Port Extenders
  • 5 Supported SPX Topologies
  • 6 Unsupported SPX Topologies
  • 7 Scaling (Supported Topologies)
  • 8 SPX Construction Methods
    • 8.1 Prerequisites
    • 8.2 Valid Port Combinations
  • 9 Bill of Materials
  • 10 Deployment Considerations
  • 11 Bringing Up SPX
    • 11.1 Configuration Notes
    • 11.2 Reference Topology
    • 11.3 Configuring the CB
    • 11.4 Configuring the PE
  • 12 SPX PE Ring
    • 12.1 Overview
    • 12.2 How a PE Ring Works with Different Types of Traffic
  • 13 Deployment Scenarios
    • 13.1 Reference Topology
    • 13.2 Deployment Scenario 1: Deploying a PE Ring in an Existing Campus Fabric Domain
    • 13.3 Deployment Scenario 2: Deploying a PE Ring Using ZTP
    • 13.4 Deployment Scenario 3: Adding a New PE Unit to an Existing PE Ring
    • 13.5 Deployment Scenario 4: Replacing a PE in an Existing PE Ring
    • 13.6 Deployment Scenario 5: Moving SPX Links Between Modules in a PE Ring
    • 13.7 Deployment Scenario 6: Adding More Links to a Live SPX Link Using the multi-spx-lag Command
    • 13.8 Deployment Scenario 7: Removing Links from a Live SPX LAG and Converting the LAG to an SPX Port
    • 13.9 Deployment Scenario 8: Changing a PE Ring to a Linear PE Chain
  • 14 Image Upgrade
  • 15 Debugging and Verification Commands
    • 15.1 Verification Commands: SPX PE Ring
    • 15.2 Debugging PE Ring Failures
  • 16 PE Ring FSM States
  • 17 Running Configuration
  • 18 Best Practices
  • 19 Zero-Touch Provisioning
    • 19.1 ZTP Overview
    • 19.2 Zero-Touch Deployment Requirements
    • 19.3 PE Candidate Requirements
    • 19.4 Topology Requirements
    • 19.5 Supported Topologies for Zero-Touch
    • 19.6 Unsupported Topologies for Zero-Touch
    • 19.7 Zero-Touch Features
    • 19.8 SPX Interactive-Setup
    • 19.9 Managing PEs
    • 19.10 Zero-Touch Deployment Considerations
    • 19.11 Deployment Scenarios
      • 19.11.1 Deployment Scenario 1: Bringing Up a Complete Campus Fabric Domain with Zero-Touch
        • 19.11.1.1 Initial Deployment Procedure Zero-Touch Provisioning
        • 19.11.1.2 System Deployment Procedure Using SPX Interactive-Setup
      • 19.11.2 Deployment Scenario 2: Adding Units to a Ring or Linear Topology Using the SPX Interactive-Setup Utility
      • 19.11.3 Deployment Scenario 3: Migrating an Existing Stack to Campus Fabric
        • 19.11.3.1 Migrating a Linear Stack to the Campus Fabric Domain
        • 19.11.3.2 Migrating a Ring Stack to a Campus Fabric Domain
          • 19.11.3.2.1 Migrating a Three-Unit Ring Stack
          • 19.11.3.2.2 Migrating a Two-Unit Ring Stack
      • 19.11.4 Deployment Scenario 4: Replacing a PE
      • 19.11.5 Deployment Scenario 5: Preventing an ICX 7250 or ICX 7450 from Being Discovered by Zero-Touch
      • 19.11.6 Deployment Scenario 6: Changing PE IDs Using SPX Interactive-Setup
      • 19.11.7 Deployment Scenario 7: SPX PE Movement: Moving PEs Without Changing IDs
      • 19.11.8 Deployment Scenario 8: Adding a New Link Between CB-PE or PE-PE to Change Existing Linear Toplogy to Ring Topology
    • 19.12 Deployment Recommendations for ZTP
    • 19.13 Best Practices
    • 19.14 Debugging Notes

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