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Task #6601

Updated by Nico Schottelius over 5 years ago

h2. by serial console 

 * update switches to latest EOS that we have 
 * Setup default passwords 
 * Connect to existing switches, understand the existing mlag configuration 
 ** @show running@ 
 * Setup mlag on new switches switch: switch5, switch6 
 ** find out whether mlag / ipv6 works 
 ** not sure if the mlag vlan needs to be unique (??) 
 * Setup hostnames (switchX-placeY) 
 * Checkout that switch config is clean / empty 


 h2. Connect / configure place9 switches 

 * with mlag 
 * test that it works between your switches 

 h2. Add IPv6 addresses to switches 

 * Use the transfer network 
 * Checkout [[datacentelight:Networking]] 
 * 2a0a:e5c0:1:8::/64 


 h2. MLAG 

 * Network: 10.3.4.0/24 + suffix 


 h2. BGP 

 See the arista guide 

 



 h2. connecting to existing switches 


 * Connect high numbered ports from switch5 and switch6 to high numbered ports on switch1/switch2 
 ** Ping nico at this stage 
 * Create a port-channel with mlag over two switches connecting to switch3/switch4 
 * Place that port-channel intro trunk mode 
 * port channel number = first interface number in the port channel 
 ** i.e. ethernet 51/52 -> port-channel 51 
 * Containing 4 ports (2 per switch) 
 * switch3/4 will be configured by Nico (=the other side) 


 h2. hints 

 * switch2-place6#show lacp neighbor 

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