Gigamon Inline Tool Series with Local Failover Action

Example 7 is an inline bypass solution on GigaVUE-HC2 for an inline tool series. The failover action is specified for one of the inline tools (network-bypass), rather than for the series as a whole. Also the recovery mode is specified as manual.

When the individual inline tool fails, traffic is dropped at the inline network ports. When the tool recovers and is ready to be put back into service, use the recover command.

Step

Description

Command

1. Configure inline network aliases, port type (inline-network), and administratively enable inline network ports.

(config) # port 3/1/x1 alias iN11
(config) # port iN11 type inline-network
(config) # port iN11 params admin enable

(config) # port 3/1/x2 alias iN12
(config) # port iN12 type inline-network
(config) # port iN12 params admin enable

2. Configure inline network.

(config) # inline-network alias inNet pair net-a iN11 and net-b iN12

3. Configure inline tool ports, port type (inline-tool), and administratively enable inline tool ports.

(config) # port 3/1/x3 alias iT1
(config) # port iT1 type inline-tool
(config) # port iT1 params admin enable

(config) # port 3/1/x4 alias iT2
(config) # port iT2 type inline-tool
(config) # port iT2 params admin enable

(config) # port 3/1/x5 alias iT3
(config) # port iT3 type inline-tool
(config) # port iT3 params admin enable

(config) # port 3/1/x6 alias iT4
(config) # port iT4 type inline-tool
(config) # port iT4 params admin enable

(config) # port 3/1/x7 alias iT5
(config) # port iT5 type inline-tool
(config) # port iT5 params admin enable

(config) # port 3/1/x8 alias iT6
(config) # port iT6 type inline-tool
(config) # port iT6 params admin enable

4. Configure inline tools and enable them.

(config) # inline-tool alias inTool1 pair tool-a iT1 and tool-b iT2
(config) # inline-tool alias inTool2 pair tool-a iT3 and tool-b iT4
(config) # inline-tool alias inTool3 pair tool-a iT5 and tool-b iT6

(config) # inline-tool alias inTool1 enable
(config) # inline-tool alias inTool2 enable
(config) # inline-tool alias inTool3 enable

5. Configure failover action and recovery mode for the second tool in the list.

(config) # inline-tool alias inTool2 failover-action network-bypass
(config) # inline-tool alias inTool2 recovery mode manual

6. Configure inline tool series, and enable it, then configure failover action, per-tool.

(config) # inline-serial alias inSer
(config inline-serial alias inSer) # inline-tool-list inTool1,inTool2,inTool3
(config inline-serial alias inSer) # enable
(config inline-serial alias inSer) # failover-action per-tool
(config inline-serial alias inSer) # exit
(config) #

7. Configure map passall, from inline network to inline tool series.

(config) # map-passall alias inMap
(config map-passall alias inMap) # from inNet
(config map-passall alias inMap) # to inSer
(config map-passall alias inMap) # exit
(config) #

8. Configure the path of the traffic to inline tool.

(config) # inline-network alias inNet traffic-path to-inline-tool

9. Display the configuration for this example.

(config) # show inline-tool
(config) # show inline-serial

10. Display the forwarding state when the tool fails.

(config) # show inline-network

11. After the inline tool recovers and is in the ready state, put the inline tool back into service.

(config) # inline-tool alias inTool2 recover