Users Guide

27 Microsoft Network Load Balancing.......................................................................................................... 468
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario........................................................................................................................................468
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario.....................................................................................................................................468
Limitations of the NLB Feature....................................................................................................................................469
Microsoft Clustering......................................................................................................................................................469
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ............................................................................................................................ 469
Conguring a Switch for NLB .....................................................................................................................................469
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.....................................................................................................................470
28 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)..........................................................................................471
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................471
Anycast RP..................................................................................................................................................................... 472
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................................473
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol........................................................................................................ 473
Related Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 473
Enable MSDP..................................................................................................................................................................477
Manage the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................................................. 478
Viewing the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................478
Limiting the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................478
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 479
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................... 479
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check......................................................................................479
Specifying Source-Active Messages...........................................................................................................................482
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer...................................................................................................483
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.......................................................................................................483
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source.................................................................................................. 484
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source..................................................................................................484
Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................485
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................485
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................486
Debugging MSDP.......................................................................................................................................................... 486
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................ 487
Conguring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................488
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.........................................................................................................489
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.............................................................................................. 489
MSDP Sample Congurations...................................................................................................................................... 491
29 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................ 494
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................494
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 495
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 495
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................495
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................496
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally...................................................................................................................... 496
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................496
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