Administrator Guide

Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ............................................................................................................................ 543
Conguring a Switch for NLB .....................................................................................................................................543
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.................................................................................................................... 544
31 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)..........................................................................................545
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................545
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................546
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................................547
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol........................................................................................................ 547
Related Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 547
Enable MSDP..................................................................................................................................................................551
Manage the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................................................. 552
Viewing the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................552
Limiting the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................552
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................553
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................... 553
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check..................................................................................... 553
Specifying Source-Active Messages.......................................................................................................................... 556
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer...................................................................................................557
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.......................................................................................................557
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source.................................................................................................. 558
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source................................................................................................. 558
Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................559
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................559
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................560
Debugging MSDP..........................................................................................................................................................560
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................ 561
Conguring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................562
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.........................................................................................................563
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.............................................................................................. 563
MSDP Sample Congurations..................................................................................................................................... 565
32 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................ 568
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................568
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 569
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 569
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................569
Related Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 570
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally.......................................................................................................................570
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................570
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances................................................................................................................. 571
Inuencing MSTP Root Selection................................................................................................................................572
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges............................................................................................................................. 572
Changing the Region Name or Revision..................................................................................................................... 573
Modifying Global Parameters....................................................................................................................................... 573
Modifying the Interface Parameters............................................................................................................................574
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