Administrator Guide

Conguring IGMP Snooping...................................................................................................................................369
Removing a Group-Port Association..................................................................................................................... 370
Disabling Multicast Flooding................................................................................................................................... 370
Specifying a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router....................................................................................... 371
Conguring the Switch as Querier......................................................................................................................... 371
Fast Convergence after MSTP Topology Changes................................................................................................... 372
Egress Interface Selection (EIS) for HTTP and IGMP Applications........................................................................ 372
Protocol Separation................................................................................................................................................. 372
Enabling and Disabling Management Egress Interface Selection...................................................................... 373
Handling of Management Route Conguration....................................................................................................374
Handling of Switch-Initiated Trac....................................................................................................................... 375
Handling of Switch-Destined Trac......................................................................................................................375
Handling of Transit Trac (Trac Separation).....................................................................................................376
Mapping of Management Applications and Trac Type..................................................................................... 376
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Initiated Trac .............................................................................377
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Destined Trac ...........................................................................378
Interworking of EIS With Various Applications..................................................................................................... 379
Designating a Multicast Router Interface................................................................................................................... 379
21 Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................381
Basic Interface Conguration........................................................................................................................................381
Advanced Interface Conguration................................................................................................................................381
Interface Types...............................................................................................................................................................382
View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................382
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...................................................................................................384
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................385
Physical Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................385
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces....................................................................................................385
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 385
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode..................................................................................................................386
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 386
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................387
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................387
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)..................................................................................................................................388
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 388
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 388
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................389
Conguring Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................... 389
Conguring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 390
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................. 391
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................392
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 392
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 392
Port Channel Denition and Standards.................................................................................................................393
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................393
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................393
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