Setup Guide

MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................530
Conguring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................ 531
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.........................................................................................................532
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.............................................................................................. 532
MSDP Sample Congurations......................................................................................................................................534
29 Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol......................................................................................................537
MLD Version 1.................................................................................................................................................................537
MLD Querier Router...................................................................................................................................................... 537
Joining a Multicast Group.............................................................................................................................................538
Leaving a Multicast Group............................................................................................................................................538
MLD version 2................................................................................................................................................................538
MLD timers.....................................................................................................................................................................540
Reducing Host Response Burstiness..................................................................................................................... 541
Conguring MLD Version.............................................................................................................................................. 541
Clearing MLD groups..................................................................................................................................................... 541
Debugging MLD..............................................................................................................................................................541
Explicit Tracking..............................................................................................................................................................541
Reducing Leave Latency...............................................................................................................................................542
Displaying MLD groups table........................................................................................................................................542
Displaying MLD Interfaces............................................................................................................................................542
MLD Snooping............................................................................................................................................................... 542
Enable MLD Snooping.............................................................................................................................................543
Disable MLD Snooping............................................................................................................................................543
Congure the switch as a querier..........................................................................................................................543
Specify port as connected to multicast router.................................................................................................... 543
Enable Snooping Explicit Tracking......................................................................................................................... 544
Display the MLD Snooping Table........................................................................................................................... 544
30 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................ 545
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................545
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 546
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 546
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................546
Related Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 547
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally.......................................................................................................................547
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................547
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances................................................................................................................ 548
Inuencing MSTP Root Selection................................................................................................................................549
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges.............................................................................................................................549
Changing the Region Name or Revision.....................................................................................................................550
Modifying Global Parameters.......................................................................................................................................550
Modifying the Interface Parameters............................................................................................................................ 551
Setting STP path cost as constant.............................................................................................................................552
Conguring an EdgePort.............................................................................................................................................. 553
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change....................................................................................................... 553
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