About Tracking Multiple Ports - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Configuring Port Tracking
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Command
Step 3
switch(config-if)# port-track
interface fc slot/port |
san-port-channel port
switch(config-if)# no port-track
interface fc slot/port |
san-port-channel port
The following example shows how to enable port tracking for specific interfaces:
switch# configure
switch(config)# interface fc 2/4
switch(config-if)# port-track interface san-port-channel 2

About Tracking Multiple Ports

You can control the operational state of the linked port based on the operational states of multiple tracked
ports. When more than one tracked port is associated with a linked port, the operational state of the
linked port will be set to down only if all the associated tracked ports are down. Even if one tracked port
is up, the linked port will stay up.
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not be brought down if either 2 or 3 are still functioning as desired.
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Traffic Recovery Using Port Tracking
Port Channel
2
WAN or
FC 2/4
X
MAN
1
X
FC 3/2
WAN or
MAN
Purpose
Specifies the tracked port. When the tracked port goes down,
the linked port is also brought down.
Note This link symbolizes the ISL (2) in
Removes the port tracking configuration that is currently
applied to the interface.
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3
X
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