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Contents
CHAPTER 1
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BOUT THIS GUIDE ..................................................................................... 1-1
AUDIENCE ..................................................................................................................................................1-1
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ONVENTIONS ............................................................................................................................................1-1
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ELATED DOCUMENTATION .........................................................................................................................1-1
G
ETTING TECHNICAL HELP ..........................................................................................................................1-2
D
OCUMENT FEEDBACK ................................................................................................................................1-2
CHAPTER 2
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WITCHING AND ROUTING ........................................................................... 2-1
MAC SWITCHING ........................................................................................................................................2-1
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TATIC MAC ENTRIES .........................................................................................................................2-2
D
ISPLAYING MAC ADDRESSES .............................................................................................................2-2
D
ISPLAYING MAC ADDRESS STATISTICS ...............................................................................................2-3
STP ...........................................................................................................................................................2-3
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ONFIGURING FAST PORT SPAN ...........................................................................................................2-3
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ONFIGURING FAST UPLINK SPAN ........................................................................................................2-3
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ODIFYING SPANNING TREE PARAMETERS ...........................................................................................2-4
D
ISPLAYING SPANNING TREE STATISTICS ..............................................................................................2-5
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RONSPAN STP ENHANCEMENTS ..........................................................................................................2-6
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RUNK GROUPS .........................................................................................................................................2-6
802.3
AD LINK AGGREGATION ...............................................................................................................2-6
VLAN
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ORT-BASED VLANS ...........................................................................................................................2-6
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HANGING THE TAG TYPE ....................................................................................................................2-7
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NABLING AGGREGATED VLAN ............................................................................................................2-7
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HANGING THE ID OF THE DEFAULT VLAN ...........................................................................................2-7
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LLOWING TFTP ACCESS ONLY TO CLIENTS IN A SPECIFIC VLAN ........................................................2-7
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ISABLING OR RE-ENABLING DYNAMIC DISCOVERY OF PROTOCOL VLANS ............................................2-8
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ETTING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VLANS .........................................................................................2-8