Deployment Guide

MSDP Sample Configurations......................................................................................................................................539
Chapter 29: Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol.................................................................... 542
MLD timers.......................................................................................................................................................................545
Reducing Host Response Burstiness....................................................................................................................545
Configuring MLD Version..............................................................................................................................................546
Clearing MLD groups..................................................................................................................................................... 546
Debugging MLD...............................................................................................................................................................546
Explicit Tracking..............................................................................................................................................................546
Reducing Leave Latency............................................................................................................................................... 546
Displaying MLD groups table........................................................................................................................................547
Displaying MLD Interfaces............................................................................................................................................ 547
Chapter 30: Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)............................................................... 548
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 549
Implementation Information....................................................................................................................................549
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol............................................................................................................. 549
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 549
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally.................................................................................................................... 550
Adding and Removing Interfaces................................................................................................................................550
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances..............................................................................................................550
Influencing MSTP Root Selection...............................................................................................................................552
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges............................................................................................................................552
Changing the Region Name or Revision....................................................................................................................552
Modifying Global Parameters.......................................................................................................................................553
Modifying the Interface Parameters.......................................................................................................................... 554
Setting STP path cost as constant............................................................................................................................ 555
Configuring an EdgePort.............................................................................................................................................. 555
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change.................................................................................................... 556
MSTP Sample Configurations......................................................................................................................................556
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configurations......................................................................................................560
Chapter 31: Multicast Features..................................................................................................562
Enabling IP Multicast..................................................................................................................................................... 562
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 562
Multicast Policies............................................................................................................................................................ 563
IPv4 Multicast Policies.............................................................................................................................................563
Understanding Multicast Traceroute (mtrace)....................................................................................................... 570
Printing Multicast Traceroute (mtrace) Paths........................................................................................................ 570
Supported Error Codes..................................................................................................................................................572
mtrace Scenarios............................................................................................................................................................ 573
Chapter 32: Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol.................................................................... 579
MLD timers.......................................................................................................................................................................582
Reducing Host Response Burstiness....................................................................................................................582
Clearing MLD groups..................................................................................................................................................... 583
Debugging MLD...............................................................................................................................................................583
Explicit Tracking.............................................................................................................................................................. 583
Reducing Leave Latency............................................................................................................................................... 583
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