[f-nsp] One port depending on another port.

[Eric Helm]

On 8/5/2011 2:39 PM, Drew Weaver wrote:
> In Brocade switching products, specifically the TurboIron is there a way to set it up so that if one port goes down it also shuts down another port.. or making a 'dependency between two ports'?
> 
> thanks,
> -Drew
> 
> 

Drew,

The FastIron platform has something called Protected Link Groups. Sadly,
it doesn't appear to be supported on the TurboIron platform yet.

Here is a config note from the manual:

Creating a protected link group and assigning an active port

1. Specify the member ports in the protected link group.  Enter a
command such as the following.
FastIron(config)#protected-link-group 10 e 1 to 4

2. Optionally specify which port will be the active port for the
protected link group.  Enter a command such as the following.
FastIron(config)#protected-link-group 10 active-port 1

NOTE
If you do not explicitly configure an active port, the Brocade device
automatically assigns one as the first port in the protected link group
to come up.

/Eric