inline-serial
Required Command-Line Mode = Admin
Use the inline-serial command to configure inline tools or inline tool groups in a series, in which the traffic from one side of the inline network is guided through the members of the series before it is sent out the other side of the inline network. With inline tools and inline tool groups arranged in a series, the traffic from one inline tool or inline tool group flows to the next, so all tools in the series see the same traffic.
The inline tool ports that make up the inline tools and inline tool groups participating in the series are always in pairs, running at the same speed, on the same medium (fiber or copper). All inline tool and inline tool group ports of the series must be on the same GigaVUE‑HC3, GigaVUE‑HC2, or GigaVUE‑HC1 node. The inline tool and inline tool group ports must also be on the same GigaVUE‑HC3, GigaVUE‑HC2 or GigaVUE‑HC1 node as the inline network ports.
This command is only applied to GigaVUE HC Series nodes. In a cluster environment, this command is only applied to GigaVUE HC Series nodes through the cluster leader. The inline constructs must all be configured on one GigaVUE‑HC3, GigaVUE‑HC2, or GigaVUE‑HC1 node, not across nodes, even if the nodes are in a cluster.
This command is used in the inline bypass solutions described in the “Configuring Inline Bypass Solutions” section in the GigaVUE Fabric Management Guide.
The inline-serial command has the following syntax:
inline-serial alias <alias>
comment <comment>
enable
failover-action <tool-bypass | tool-drop | network-bypass | network-drop | network-port-forced-down | per-tool>
inline-tool-list <list of inline tools and inline tool groups>
per-direction-order <reverse | forward>
The following table describes the arguments for the inline-serial command.
Argument |
Description |
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alias <alias> |
Specifies the name of the inline tool series. The alias must be unique and can contain up to 128 characters. Aliases are case-sensitive. For example: (config) # inline-serial alias inSer (config inline-serial alias inSer) # |
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comment <comment> |
Specifies a unique text string that describes the inline tool series. Comments can be up to 128 characters. Comments longer than one word must be enclosed in double quotation marks. For example: (config inline-serial alias inSer) # comment “Inline serial inSer” |
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enable |
Enables or disables the inline tool series. Use enable to put the inline tool series into service. Disable the inline tool series to simulate a failure or to take the inline tool series offline for maintenance purposes. The default is disabled. For example, to enable: (config inline-serial alias inSer) # enable For example, to disable: (config inline-serial alias inSer) # no enable |
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failover-action <tool-bypass | tool-drop | network-bypass | network-drop | network-port-forced-down | per-tool> |
Specifies the failover action taken in response to a failure of an inline tool series as a whole. An inline tool series is declared to be in a failure condition as soon as any of its member inline tools goes into a failure condition. An inline tool series recovers from a failure condition after all the member inline tools recover from their failure conditions. The failover-action attributes of the individual inline tools participating in an inline tool series are ignored. Instead, the failover-action configured for the inline tool series is respected. The values are as follows:
Note: The per-tool failover-action is not supported for inline SSL decryption.
For example: (config inline-serial alias inSer) # failover-action tool-drop Note: Before changing the failover action, enable the inline tool series using the enable command. Refer to the “Inline Tool Series Global Failover Action” and “Inline Tool Series Local Failover Action” in the GigaVUE Fabric Management Guide for details. |
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<list of inline tools and inline tool groups> |
Specifies the list of aliases of inline tools and inline tool groups participating in the inline tool series. Note: Specify the inline tools and inline tool groups in the inline tool list in the order of your configuration. To change the order, override the existing list with a new one. Separate each alias with a comma. For example: (config inline-serial alias inSer) # inline-tool-list IT_001,ITG_002,IT_003,ITG_004 The number of inline tools and inline tool groups in the inline series is limited only by the number of ports available for creating the inline networks and inline tools participating in the inline bypass solution. When an inline tool group is included as a member of an inline series, the following applies:
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per-direction-order <reverse | forward> |
Specifies the per-direction order of the side B traffic of the inline tool series. This parameter configures the traffic direction order of side B traffic with respect to the inline tool list order as follows:
For example: (config inline-serial alias inSer) # per-direction-order forward Note: Traffic from network A to network B for both reverse and forward flows from the first tool, to the second tool, to the third tool. Refer to the “Inline Tool Series Per-Direction Order” section in the GigaVUE Fabric Management Guide for details. |
Related Commands
The following table summarizes other commands related to the inline-serial command:
Task |
Command |
Displays inline tool series. |
# show inline-serial |
Displays a specified inline tool series. |
# show inline-serial alias inSer |
Displays all inline tool series. |
# show inline-serial all |
Displays the Rx and Tx statistics for either all the inline serials or a specified inline serial alias that are part of the inline flow deployment. |
# show inline-serial traffic-rate {all | alias <serial_name>} |
Deletes a specified inline tool series. |
(config) # no inline-serial alias inSer |
Deletes the comment for this inline tool series. |
(config) # no inline-serial alias inSer comment |
Disables a specified inline tool series. |
(config) # no inline-serial alias inSer enable |
Deletes the inline tool list for the specified inline series. |
(config) # no inline-serial alias inSer inline-tool-list |
Deletes all inline tool series. |
(config) # no inline-serial all |