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smp_86112
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Apr 01, 2010

Mgmt Auth Traffic on external VLAN

I have connected my managment interface on a 6900 v10.1 box to a management network, and I have configured Active Directory authentication for management access. I was doing some testing and I disconn...
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JRahm
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Apr 05, 2010
BTW, data traffic will not flow from TMM -> Mgmt interface. The mgmt interface can be used, however, for monitor traffic, so be careful how much routing you put in place on the mgmt interface. I'm not sure why that is allowed, if my data interfaces are down, why do I need monitoring of my resources? Anyway, found this nugget a while back during an outage and our mgmt network infrastructure spiked like crazy.