[f-nsp] FlexLink functionality for FastIrons

[Matt Kassawara]

I don't have a clear picture of your network design, but can the
firewalls pass keepalives transparently between switches on either
side?

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Robert Hass <robhass at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have transparent bridges (fw) without spt and the problem is not
> with switches redundancy where we already can use mct like solutions
> (two fcx stacked or cat3750). But as our l2 fw doesn't support spt
> then flexlink/protected-links-group is only way to have redundancy.
> Udld is not supported on these firewalls, only lacp.
>
>
> On 12/22/11, Matt Kassawara <mkassawara at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You can use UDLD with protected link groups on Brocade equipment to
>> provide similar functionality to LACP keepalives.  Also, have you
>> considered configuring simultaneous utilization of all links between
>> devices instead of active/standby?
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Robert Hass <robhass at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Eric Helm <helmwork at ruraltel.net> wrote:
>>>> Yes... they call the feature "Protected Link Groups"
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Eric. Unfortunately according to docs it will not work with
>>> LACP trunks. And this is our requirement as non-LCAP links can be up
>>> then device is freezes LACP keepalives are solution here. It works in
>>> Cisco, so we have to upgrade another time to Cisco.
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