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Chapter 29: Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol.................................................................... 486
MLD timers.......................................................................................................................................................................489
Reducing Host Response Burstiness....................................................................................................................489
Configuring MLD Version..............................................................................................................................................490
Clearing MLD groups..................................................................................................................................................... 490
Debugging MLD...............................................................................................................................................................490
Explicit Tracking..............................................................................................................................................................490
Reducing Leave Latency............................................................................................................................................... 490
Displaying MLD groups table........................................................................................................................................ 491
Displaying MLD Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................491
MLD Snooping.................................................................................................................................................................. 491
Enable MLD Snooping..............................................................................................................................................492
Disable MLD Snooping............................................................................................................................................. 492
Configure the switch as a querier.........................................................................................................................492
Specify port as connected to multicast router..................................................................................................492
Enable Snooping Explicit Tracking........................................................................................................................ 492
Display the MLD Snooping Table...........................................................................................................................493
Chapter 30: Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)............................................................... 494
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 495
Implementation Information....................................................................................................................................495
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol............................................................................................................. 495
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 495
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally.................................................................................................................... 496
Adding and Removing Interfaces................................................................................................................................ 496
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances..............................................................................................................496
Influencing MSTP Root Selection............................................................................................................................... 497
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges............................................................................................................................498
Changing the Region Name or Revision....................................................................................................................498
Modifying Global Parameters.......................................................................................................................................498
Modifying the Interface Parameters.......................................................................................................................... 499
Setting STP path cost as constant............................................................................................................................ 500
Configuring an EdgePort............................................................................................................................................... 501
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change..................................................................................................... 501
MSTP Sample Configurations...................................................................................................................................... 501
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configurations......................................................................................................505
Chapter 31: Multicast Features..................................................................................................507
Enabling IP Multicast......................................................................................................................................................507
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 507
Multicast Policies............................................................................................................................................................ 508
IPv4 Multicast Policies.............................................................................................................................................508
Understanding Multicast Traceroute (mtrace)........................................................................................................ 514
Printing Multicast Traceroute (mtrace) Paths.........................................................................................................514
Supported Error Codes.................................................................................................................................................. 516
mtrace Scenarios............................................................................................................................................................. 517
Chapter 32: Object Tracking......................................................................................................523
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