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Failure detection for aggregate and redundant interfaces

Failure detection for aggregate and redundant interfaces

When an aggregate or redundant interface goes down, the corresponding fail-alert interface changes to down. When an aggregate or redundant interface comes up, the corresponding fail-alert interface changes to up.

Fail-detect for aggregate and redundant interfaces can be configured using the CLI.

To configure an aggregate interface so that port3 goes down with it:
config system interface
    edit "agg1"
        set vdom "root"
        set fail-detect enable
        set fail-alert-method link-down
        set fail-alert-interfaces "port3"
        set type aggregate
        set member "port1" "port2"
    next
end
To configure a redundant interface so that port4 goes down with it:
config system interface
    edit "red1"
        set vdom "root"
        set fail-detect enable
        set fail-alert-method link-down
        set fail-alert-interfaces "port4"
        set type redundant
        set member "port1" "port2"
    next
end

Failure detection for aggregate and redundant interfaces

Failure detection for aggregate and redundant interfaces

When an aggregate or redundant interface goes down, the corresponding fail-alert interface changes to down. When an aggregate or redundant interface comes up, the corresponding fail-alert interface changes to up.

Fail-detect for aggregate and redundant interfaces can be configured using the CLI.

To configure an aggregate interface so that port3 goes down with it:
config system interface
    edit "agg1"
        set vdom "root"
        set fail-detect enable
        set fail-alert-method link-down
        set fail-alert-interfaces "port3"
        set type aggregate
        set member "port1" "port2"
    next
end
To configure a redundant interface so that port4 goes down with it:
config system interface
    edit "red1"
        set vdom "root"
        set fail-detect enable
        set fail-alert-method link-down
        set fail-alert-interfaces "port4"
        set type redundant
        set member "port1" "port2"
    next
end