Administrator Guide

Relevant Management Objects.......................................................................................................................................504
30 Microsoft Network Load Balancing...........................................................................................509
Configuring a Switch for NLB .........................................................................................................................................510
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.........................................................................................................................510
31 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)............................................................................ 512
Anycast RP......................................................................................................................................................................... 513
Implementation Information..............................................................................................................................................514
Configure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol............................................................................................................514
Related Configuration Tasks.......................................................................................................................................514
Enable MSDP......................................................................................................................................................................518
Manage the Source-Active Cache.................................................................................................................................. 519
Viewing the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................................................519
Limiting the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................................................519
Clearing the Source-Active Cache............................................................................................................................ 519
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache.......................................................................................................... 520
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check.........................................................................................520
Specifying Source-Active Messages.............................................................................................................................. 522
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer......................................................................................................523
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source..........................................................................................................523
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source..................................................................................................... 523
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source.....................................................................................................524
Logging Changes in Peership States..............................................................................................................................525
Terminating a Peership.....................................................................................................................................................525
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................... 525
Debugging MSDP..............................................................................................................................................................526
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................... 526
Configuring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................... 527
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding............................................................................................................ 528
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages..................................................................................................528
MSDP Sample Configurations.........................................................................................................................................530
32 Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol...................................................................................... 533
MLD timers........................................................................................................................................................................ 536
Reducing Host Response Burstiness........................................................................................................................536
Configuring MLD Version.................................................................................................................................................536
Clearing MLD groups........................................................................................................................................................ 537
Debugging MLD.................................................................................................................................................................537
Explicit Tracking.................................................................................................................................................................537
Reducing Leave Latency.................................................................................................................................................. 537
Displaying MLD groups table........................................................................................................................................... 537
Displaying MLD Interfaces............................................................................................................................................... 538
33 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................. 539
Spanning Tree Variations................................................................................................................................................. 540
Implementation Information.......................................................................................................................................540
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol...................................................................................................................540
Related Configuration Tasks......................................................................................................................................540
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