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Property | Description |
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| bridge (name; Default: none) | The bridge interface where ports will be extended. The Controller Bridge CB will only enable when bridge and switch properties are specified, otherwise, it will be in a disabled state. |
| cascade-ports (interfaces; Default: none) | Interfaces that will act as cascade ports. A bonding interface with 802.3ad or balance-xor mode is also supported. |
| switch (name; Default: none) | The switch that will act as the CB and ensure the control and network traffic. The Controller Bridge CB will only enable when bridge and switch properties are specified, otherwise, it will be in a disabled state. |
After CB and PE devices are configured and connected, each PE device will be automatically visible on the device menu, use print and monitor commands to see more details.
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List of available configuration properties, monitoring options. Neighbor discovery changes (how PE and CB discover each other using LLDP TLVs, on PE control-ports discovery is automatically enabled and disabled on extended ports (they get controlled by the CB settings), on CB cascade ports discovery is automatically enabled), automatic bridge port configuration, how to apply and remove (device remove, port remove, other settings where an extended interface is configured will stay and should be removed manually) the configuration for extender ports (PE can even be disconnected and still apply configuration on CB), extended port naming, ECP protocol for control information between PE and CB.
Port Extender settings
This section describes the Port Extender settings.
Sub-menu: /interface bridge port-extender
Property | Description |
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| control-ports (interfaces; Default: none) | Interfaces that will either connect to the CB (an upstream port) or connect other PE devices in series (a cascade port). A bonding interface with 802.3ad or balance-xor mode is also supported. |
| excluded-ports (interfaces; Default: none) | Interfaces that will not be extended. |
| switch (name; Default: none) | The switch that will act as the extender and ensure the control and network traffic. The PE will only enable when this property is specified, otherwise, it will be in a disabled state. |
Limitations
Known limitation (e.g. only single CB possible, ingress-filtering on extended ports) and recommendations (e.g use control/cascade ports only for communication between CB and PE, do not use these ports for bridging or routing)
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