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    Verifying That Uplink Failure Detection Is Working Correctly

    Purpose

    Verify that the switch disables the downlink interface when it detects an uplink failure.

    Action

    1. View the current uplink-failure-detection status:
      user@switch> show uplink-failure-detection
      Group                     : group1
      Uplink                    :  ge-0/0/0*
      Downlink                  :  ge-0/0/1*
      Failure Action            :  Inactive
      

      Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that the link is up.

    2. Disable the uplink interface:
      [edit]
      user@switch# set interface ge-0/0/0 disable
    3. Save the configuration on the switch.
    4. View the current uplink-failure-detection status:
      user@switch> show uplink-failure-detection
      Group                     : group1
      Uplink                    :  ge-0/0/0
      Downlink                  :  ge-0/0/1
      Failure Action            :  Active
      

    Meaning

    The output in Step 1 shows that the uplink interface is up, and hence that the downlink interface is also up, and that the status of Failure Action is Inactive.

    The output in Step 4 shows that both the uplink and downlink interfaces are down and that the status of Failure Action is changed to Active. This output shows that uplink failure detection is working.

    Published: 2012-12-07