Administrator Guide

Conguring a Switch for NLB .....................................................................................................................................542
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.................................................................................................................... 543
31 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)..........................................................................................544
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................544
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................545
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 546
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol........................................................................................................546
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................546
Enable MSDP.................................................................................................................................................................550
Manage the Source-Active Cache...............................................................................................................................551
Viewing the Source-Active Cache......................................................................................................................... 551
Limiting the Source-Active Cache......................................................................................................................... 551
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................552
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................... 552
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check......................................................................................552
Specifying Source-Active Messages.......................................................................................................................... 555
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer...................................................................................................556
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.......................................................................................................556
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source.................................................................................................. 557
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source..................................................................................................557
Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................558
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................558
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................559
Debugging MSDP..........................................................................................................................................................559
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................560
Conguring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................ 561
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.........................................................................................................562
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.............................................................................................. 562
MSDP Sample Congurations..................................................................................................................................... 564
32 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP).................................................................................................567
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 567
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 568
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 568
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................568
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................569
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally...................................................................................................................... 569
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................569
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances................................................................................................................ 570
Inuencing MSTP Root Selection.................................................................................................................................571
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges..............................................................................................................................571
Changing the Region Name or Revision..................................................................................................................... 572
Modifying Global Parameters....................................................................................................................................... 572
Modifying the Interface Parameters............................................................................................................................573
Conguring an EdgePort...............................................................................................................................................574
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