Dynamic Uplink Resiliency

The host system can use the dynamic uplink resiliency mechanism to automatically manage uplink resiliency assignments. Through this mechanism, the host dynamically assigns a primary and secondary uplink for each satellite access port. Depending on the configuration options specified, the uplinks (primary and secondary) can be distributed over one or two FP forwarding engines.

Uplink Distribution Behavior

When using dynamic uplink resiliency, the primary and secondary uplink assignments are re-evaluated each time an uplink on a satellite becomes operationally up. This is done to rebalance uplink assignments for optimal distribution. The secondary uplink assignment is also re-evaluated each time an uplink on a satellite goes operationally down.

Uplinks are assigned to achieve fair distribution based on the following criteria:

This feature requires that the Ethernet satellite is running 7210 SR OS 20.9.R1 or later.

Basic Configuration

The following is an example of a dynamic uplink resiliency configuration.

configure satellite
    ethernet-satellite 1 {
        admin-state enable
        sat-type es48-1gb-sfp
        dynamic-uplink true
        uplink-distribution dual-complex