On 3/23/16, Sebastian Beutel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > i've been pondering about the real need for udld nowadays, each time it > bites me in a case of false positive. At least since we have gigabit SFPs > it > became almost impossible to willfully provoke an unidirectinal link: The > physical port allready detects missing light and goes down. > Moreover, the main use of udld (prevent unidirectional loops in an stp > topology) has also lost importance since link aggregation has replaced load > balancing via multiple or per vlan stp topologys. > That's why i am asking myself whether udld is a residue that nowadays > causes more harm than it prevents and should therefore not be used anymore. > At least on gigabit and faster links and if there are no really dumb > media converters involved. > > What do you think?
I had almost the same question http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/2016-January/101487.html and the same experience of udld shutdowns always being a false positive on Gb links. & it is worth you time to take a look at BRKDCT-2333 Regards, lee _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
