Cannot find flex link feature on C9500-48Y4C
Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 16.09.03
According to command reference, it has to be there
But in CLI there is no such option. What am I doing wrong?
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Hello
I share your pain!, its been depreciated on the cat9K's no more im afraid, now we need to use ip sla and object tracking
Vladimir,
Flexlink+ is an Access Layer feature delivered in 16.12.1 that will not be on the core / aggregation platforms of 9500 High Performance and 9600. I have sent the documentation example to the product management team to get it updated as there is no Flexlink in any release prior to 16.12 .
Cheers,
Scott Hodgdon
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Enterprise Networking Group
Hello
I share your pain!, its been depreciated on the cat9K's no more im afraid, now we need to use ip sla and object tracking
Vladimir,
Flexlink+ is an Access Layer feature delivered in 16.12.1 that will not be on the core / aggregation platforms of 9500 High Performance and 9600. I have sent the documentation example to the product management team to get it updated as there is no Flexlink in any release prior to 16.12 .
Cheers,
Scott Hodgdon
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Enterprise Networking Group
So 16.12.1 + flexlink will be available correct?
Paul,
IOS XE 16.12.1 shipped last week, so Flexlink+ is here for Access Layer platforms. Please check the release notes for the platform in which you are interested, and note that there is no plan for Flexlink+ for 9500 High Performance and 9600.
Cheers,
Scott Hodgdon
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Enterprise Networking Group
Flexlink+ Supported Platform with IOS XE 16.12.1
3650 / 3850 / 9300 / 9400 / 9500 Regular-Performance model
*Layer 2 Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.x (Catalyst 9300 Switches)
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst9300/software/release/17-1/configuration_guide/lyr2/b_171_lyr2_9300_cg/configuring_flexlink_.html
>Restrictions for Flexlink+
・Flexlink+ is supported only on Layer 2 trunk ports and port channels, not on VLANs or on Layer 3 ports.
>Table 1. Feature Information for Flexlink+
Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1
*Layer 2 Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.x (Catalyst 9500 Switches)
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst9500/software/release/17-1/configuration_guide/lyr2/b_171_lyr2_9500_cg/configuring_flexlink_.html
*Layer 2 Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.x (Catalyst 9400 Switches)
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst9400/software/release/17-1/configuration_guide/lyr2/b_171_lyr2_9400_cg/configuring_flexlink_.html
Note: Only Active / backup link configuration now. Preemption / Vlan load-balancing / MMU etc. are not supported at this time.
Will FlexLinks be available on c9200 switches?
We need FlexLinks so we can redundantly connect our management switches behind FEX modules (without using spanning-tree).
UPDATE - We were able to successfully implement FlexLinks+ functionality on our c9200's with these instructions that use REP.