Failure scenarios and split recovery
Failure scenarios |
Result with split recovery off |
Result with split recovery on (default) |
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Keepalive is down and ISL is up. This scenario is shown with label "b" in the figure. |
No impact, except for the loss of the split detection. |
No impact, except for the loss of the split detection. |
ISL is down, but keepalive is up. This scenario is shown with label "a" in the figure. |
Secondary VSX switch brings down VSX LAG member ports. |
Secondary VSX switch brings down VSX LAG member ports. |
ISL is down, but keepalive is up, as shown with label "a" in the figure. Then, after sometime, keepalive also goes down, as shown with label b. |
Secondary VSX switch brings down VSX LAG member ports. Then, the secondary VSX LAGs stay down. |
Label a: The secondary VSX switch brings down VSX LAG member ports. Label b: The secondary VSX switch restores VSX LAG member ports. |
At the same time, ISL goes down and keepalive goes down, as shown with label "a" and "b" in the following figure. Then, keepalive is restored, as shown with label b. |
Label a and b: All VSX LAG ports stay up. Label b: Then, the secondary VSX switch brings down the VSX LAG member ports. |
Label a and b: All VSX LAG ports stay up. Label b: Then, the secondary VSX switch brings down the VSX LAG member ports. |