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Chapter 9 Configuring Port Tracking
Configuring Port Tracking
Configuring Port Tracking
Port tracking has the following features:
• The application brings the linked port down when the tracked port goes down. When the tracked port
recovers from the failure and comes back up again, the tracked port is also brought up automatically
(unless otherwise configured).
• You can forcefully continue to keep the linked port down, even though the tracked port comes back
up. In this case, you must explicitly bring the port up when required.
This section includes the following topics:
• Enabling Port Tracking, page 9-3
• Information About Configuring Linked Ports, page 9-3
• Binding a Tracked Port Operationally, page 9-4
• Information About Tracking Multiple Ports, page 9-4
• Tracking Multiple Ports, page 9-5
• Information About Monitoring Ports in a VSAN, page 9-5
• Monitoring Ports in a VSAN, page 9-5
• Information AboutForceful Shutdown, page 9-6
• Forcefully Shutting Down a Tracked Port, page 9-6
Enabling Port Tracking
The port tracking feature is disabled by default in all switches in the Cisco 9000 Family. When you
enable this feature, port tracking is globally enabled for the entire switch.
To configure port tracking, enable the port tracking feature and configure the linked port(s) for the
tracked port.
Detailed Steps
To enable port tracking, follow these steps:
Information About Configuring Linked Ports
You can link ports using one of two methods:
• Operationally binding the linked port(s) to the tracked port (default).
• Continuing to keep the linked port down forcefully—even if the tracked port has recovered from the
link failure.
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# config t
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# feature port-track
Enables port tracking.
switch(config)# no feature
port-track
Removes the currently applied port tracking configuration
and disables port tracking.
