Sun Blade 6000 Ethernet Switched NEM 24p 10GbE
Understanding L2 and L3 Implementations
L2 and L3 Configuration Task Overview
L2 Based Configuration Example Using PVRST Protocol
L2 PVRST Configuration Task Overview
Configuring a Basic L2 PVRST Based Topology
Configure Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST
Configure Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST
Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST
Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST
Verify the L2 PVRST Configuration
Configuring an L2 PVRST Based Topology With Active/Standby Bond on the Servers
Prepare Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers
Prepare Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers
Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers
Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers
Verify the L2 PVRST Active/Standby Configuration on the Servers
Configuring an L2 PVRST and LLA Based Topology With Active/Active Bond on the Servers
Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers
Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers
Configure Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers
Configure Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers
Verify the L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active Configuration on the Servers
L3 RIP and OSPF Configuration Overview
L3 RIP and OSPF Configuration Task Overview
Configuring L3 Routing Based Topology Using RIP
Configure Switch TOR72p-1 for L3 Routing Using RIP
Configure Switch TOR72p-2 for L3 Routing Using RIP
Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L3 Routing Using RIP
Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L3 Routing Using RIP
Verify the L3 RIP Configuration
Configuring L3 Routing Based Topology Using OSPF
Configure Switch TOR72p-1 for L3 Routing Using OSPF
Configure Switch TOR72p-2 for L3 Routing Using OSPF
Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L3 Routing Using OSPF
Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L3 Routing Using OSPF
The L3 implementations showcase RIP and OSPF protocol configurations on ToR72p-n and ES1-24p-n. The links between all the switches are configured as access links. Two VLANs are configured as tagged on the port connecting to host-1 and host-3. VLANs 150, 151 are on the core switch and VLANs 100, 101 are on ES1-24p-n switches.
Once the routing protocol is enabled, all routes advertised from neighboring switches are learned dynamically. Switches will have a similar routing table with potentially different paths to reach different networks. Although VLANs 150, 151, 100, and 101 are not defined on ToR72p-n switches, these switches learn the information to reach these VLANs as soon as the neighboring switches advertise them.
In the L3 examples, an IXIA traffic generator connected to the core switch is used to send 500 routes. All the switches in the topology learn these routes dynamically through RIP or OSPF depending on the configuration. Ping tests are used to test the reachability of different networks.