Dell C1048P Port Extender Networking Configuration Guide for the C9000 Series - Page 835

NOTE: The system MAC and unit ID are the mandatory configurations to be done so that the dual homing functions properly. NOTE: After saving the configurations to the startup-config, reload the system with unit ID 1. This is mandatory and proceed with further configurations after reloading the system. 5 Add VLTi for the election to happen between the systems. 6 System A and system B become VLT peers after the election of primary and secondary VLT units. 7 The PE connected to primary is online and PE to secondary remains offline. 8 Import the configurations of peer systems in both primary and secondary CBs by using the import peer-config command. This ensures that the provisioning and interface configurations of the PE connected to the peer chassis are imported into the running configurations of the respective CBs. EXEC Privilege mode Dell#import peer-config 9 The secondary PE comes online once the peer configurations are imported. Once configured, the system starts functioning as a dual homing setup as shown in the following diagram: Figure 107. Systems with Port Extender - After setting up Dual Homing You can configure PE 1 and PE 2 from both the systems. Example of Configuring PE Dual Homing Dell#configure terminal batch Dell(conf-b)#pe provision 1 Dell(conf-b-pe-1)#cascade interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/0 Dell(conf-b-pe-1)#cascade interface TenGigabitEthernet 1/4 peer Dell(conf-b)#commit Dell(conf-b)#end Dell# Aug 11 22:54:36: %RPM0-P:CP %CLIBATCH-6-CLI_BATCH_CONFIG_COMPLETE_TRAP: Batch configuration commit is success Port Extenders (PEs) 835