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Relevant Management Objects................................................................................................................................... 529
Chapter 30: Microsoft Network Load Balancing.........................................................................534
Configuring a Switch for NLB .................................................................................................................................... 535
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB................................................................................................................... 536
Chapter 31: Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)......................................................... 537
Anycast RP.......................................................................................................................................................................538
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 539
Configure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol..................................................................................................... 539
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 539
Enable MSDP................................................................................................................................................................... 543
Manage the Source-Active Cache..............................................................................................................................544
Viewing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 544
Limiting the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................544
Clearing the Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................................... 544
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache..................................................................................................... 545
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check..................................................................................545
Specifying Source-Active Messages..........................................................................................................................548
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer................................................................................................549
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.................................................................................................... 549
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source............................................................................................... 550
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source.............................................................................................. 550
Logging Changes in Peership States.......................................................................................................................... 551
Terminating a Peership.................................................................................................................................................. 551
Clearing Peer Statistics..................................................................................................................................................551
Debugging MSDP............................................................................................................................................................552
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................ 552
Configuring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................ 553
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.......................................................................................................554
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages............................................................................................554
MSDP Sample Configurations..................................................................................................................................... 556
Chapter 32: Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol.................................................................... 559
MLD timers.......................................................................................................................................................................562
Reducing Host Response Burstiness....................................................................................................................562
Configuring MLD Version..............................................................................................................................................563
Clearing MLD groups..................................................................................................................................................... 563
Debugging MLD...............................................................................................................................................................563
Explicit Tracking..............................................................................................................................................................563
Reducing Leave Latency............................................................................................................................................... 563
Displaying MLD groups table........................................................................................................................................564
Displaying MLD Interfaces............................................................................................................................................564
Chapter 33: Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)............................................................... 565
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 566
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 566
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol............................................................................................................. 566
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 566
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