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Chapter 9 Configuring Port Tracking
Displaying Port Tracking Information

Information AboutForceful Shutdown

If a tracked port flaps frequently, then tracking ports using the operational binding feature may cause
frequent topology change. In this case, you may choose to keep the port in the down state until you are
able to resolve the reason for these frequent flaps. Keeping the flapping port in the down state forces the
traffic to flow through the redundant path until the primary tracked port problems are resolved. When
the problems are resolved and the tracked port is back up, you can explicitly enable the interface.
Tip If you configure this feature, the linked port continues to remain in the shutdown state even after the
tracked port comes back up. You must explicitly remove the forced shut state (by administratively
bringing up this interface) of the linked port once the tracked port is up and stable.

Forcefully Shutting Down a Tracked Port

Detailed Steps
To forcefully shut down a tracked port, follow these steps:
Displaying Port Tracking Information
Examples
The show commands display the current port tracking settings for the Cisco MDS switch (see Examples
9-1 to 9-4).
Example 9-1 Displays the Linked and Tracked Port Configuration
switch# show interface
...
fc8/6 is down (All tracked ports down) <-------------------------------------Linked port
Hardware is Fibre Channel, FCOT is short wave laser
Port WWN is 21:c6:00:05:30:00:37:1e
Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on
Port vsan is 1
Receive data field Size is 2112
Beacon is turned off
Port tracked with interface port-channel 1 vsan 2 (trunking) <-----Tracked port
Port tracked with interface fcip 5 <------------------------------------------Tracked port
5 minutes input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
Command Purpose
Step 1 switch# config t Enters configuration mode.
Step 2 switch(config)# interface fc1/5 Configures the specified interface and enters the
interface configuration submode. You can now
configure tracked ports.
Step 3 switch(config-if)# port-track force-shut Forcefully shuts down the tracked port.
switch(config-if)# no port-track force-shut Removes the port shutdown configuration for the
tracked port.