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Defaults Debug disabled.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes Full–Switch Mode
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
protocol-tunnel
Enable protocol tunneling on a stacked (Q-in-Q) VLAN for specified protocol packets.
Syntax
protocol-tunnel {rate-limit rate| stp}
To disable protocol tunneling for a Layer 2 protocol, use the no protocol-tunnel command.
Parameters
rate-limit rate Enter the keyword rate-limit then a number for the rate-limit for tunneled
packets on the VMAN. The range is from 64 to 320.
stp Enter the keyword stp to enable protocol tunneling on a spanning tree, including
STP, MSTP, RSTP, and PVST.
Defaults none
Command Modes CONF-IF-VLAN
Supported Modes Full–Switch Mode
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Example
Dell#conf
Dell(conf)#interface vlan 2
Dell(conf-if-vl-2)#vlan-stack compatible
Dell(conf-if-vl-2)#member Te1/2-3
Dell(conf-if-vl-2)#protocol-tunnel stp
Dell(conf-if-vl-2)#protocol-tunnel enable
Related
Command
show protocol-tunnel — displays tunneling information for all VLANs.
protocol-tunnel destination-mac
Overwrite the BPDU destination MAC address with a specific value.
Syntax
protocol-tunnel destination-mac xstp address
Parameters
stp Change the default destination MAC address used for L2PT to another value.
Defaults The default destination MAC is 01:01:e8:00:00:00.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes Full–Switch Mode
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