Users Guide

MSDP Sample Configurations......................................................................................................................................538
Chapter 30: Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol.................................................................... 541
MLD timers.......................................................................................................................................................................544
Reducing Host Response Burstiness....................................................................................................................544
Configuring MLD Version..............................................................................................................................................545
Clearing MLD groups..................................................................................................................................................... 545
Debugging MLD...............................................................................................................................................................545
Explicit Tracking..............................................................................................................................................................545
Reducing Leave Latency...............................................................................................................................................545
Displaying MLD groups table........................................................................................................................................546
Displaying MLD Interfaces............................................................................................................................................546
MLD Snooping................................................................................................................................................................. 546
Enable MLD Snooping.............................................................................................................................................. 547
Disable MLD Snooping............................................................................................................................................. 547
Configure the switch as a querier......................................................................................................................... 547
Specify port as connected to multicast router.................................................................................................. 547
Enable Snooping Explicit Tracking........................................................................................................................ 547
Display the MLD Snooping Table.......................................................................................................................... 548
Chapter 31: Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................549
Spanning Tree Variations..............................................................................................................................................550
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 550
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol............................................................................................................. 550
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 550
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally..................................................................................................................... 551
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................551
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances.............................................................................................................. 551
Influencing MSTP Root Selection...............................................................................................................................553
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges............................................................................................................................553
Changing the Region Name or Revision....................................................................................................................553
Modifying Global Parameters.......................................................................................................................................554
Modifying the Interface Parameters..........................................................................................................................555
Setting STP path cost as constant............................................................................................................................ 556
Configuring an EdgePort.............................................................................................................................................. 556
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change.....................................................................................................557
MSTP Sample Configurations...................................................................................................................................... 557
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configurations.......................................................................................................561
Chapter 32: Multicast Features................................................................................................. 563
Enabling IP Multicast..................................................................................................................................................... 563
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 563
Multicast Policies............................................................................................................................................................ 564
IPv4 Multicast Policies.............................................................................................................................................564
Understanding Multicast Traceroute (mtrace)........................................................................................................ 571
Printing Multicast Traceroute (mtrace) Paths.........................................................................................................571
Supported Error Codes..................................................................................................................................................573
mtrace Scenarios............................................................................................................................................................ 574
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