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VLT using two Z9100-ON connecting to a Juniper Firewall configured as active/standby
Hello All,
I like to know if a VLT configuration on Dell Switches, Z9100-ON, will work connecting to a Juniper Firewall configured as active/standby. I am not familiar with Dell VLT but my understanding of Cisco VPC is that both units are active/active and my concern is the Dell VLT will send traffic to the standby Juniper Firewall. If you have sample configuration, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Juan
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December 21st, 2023 18:21
Juanlarriega,
You can configure VLT on either OS10 or OS9, you can find steps on that here.
Let me know if this helps.
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December 21st, 2023 09:29
Hello, Dell switches, like the Z9100-ON, use a technology known as Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) to form a pseudo-switch from two separate switches, offering redundancy at the device level. This is akin to Cisco’s Virtual Port Channel (vPC) technology. In a VLT, both units are active, mirroring the functionality of Cisco’s vPC.
Under normal circumstances in a VLT configuration, traffic is shared between the two switches. If one switch fails, the other takes over its traffic. When your Juniper Firewall is set to active/standby, the Dell VLT should mainly direct traffic to the active firewall. However, the exact behavior could vary depending on the configurations of both the VLT and the firewall.
Regarding the configuration of the Juniper Firewall, I was unable to find a specific example.
Dell EMC Networking OS10 How to set up Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) | Dell US
Best practices for VLT deployment
Configure VLT | Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Switch Configuration Guide for VxRail | Dell Technologies Info Hub
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@Dell-ErmanO
Thank you for your response. I have another question on Z9100-ON. Do I need to have OS10 to run VLT on these switches. All the example that I've seen for these type of switches are running OS10. This is what we have installed on the two switches:
SFO_Z9100-ON_Upr#show version
Real Time Operating System Software
Operating System Version: 2.0
Application Software Version: 9.14(2.20)
Build Time: Fri Apr 7 10:24:16 2023
Build Path: /neteng/build/clones/coveritybuild-eqx-06/build/build04/SW/SRC
Networking OS uptime is 12 week(s), 6 day(s), 19 hour(s), 53 minute(s)
System image file is "system://B"
System Type: Z9100-ON
Control Processor: Intel Rangeley with 3 Gbytes (3177226240 bytes) of memory, core(s) 4.
16G bytes of boot flash memory.
1 34-port TE/TF/FO/FI/HU G (Z9100-ON)
2 Ten GigabitEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
32 Hundred GigabitEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
Thanks,
Juan