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Debugging LLDP............................................................................................................................................................545
Relevant Management Objects................................................................................................................................... 546
30 Microsoft Network Load Balancing...........................................................................................................551
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario.........................................................................................................................................551
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario......................................................................................................................................551
Limitations of the NLB Feature....................................................................................................................................552
Microsoft Clustering......................................................................................................................................................552
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ............................................................................................................................ 552
Conguring a Switch for NLB .....................................................................................................................................552
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.................................................................................................................... 553
31 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)..........................................................................................554
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................554
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................555
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 556
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol........................................................................................................556
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................556
Enable MSDP.................................................................................................................................................................560
Manage the Source-Active Cache...............................................................................................................................561
Viewing the Source-Active Cache......................................................................................................................... 561
Limiting the Source-Active Cache......................................................................................................................... 561
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................562
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................... 562
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check......................................................................................562
Specifying Source-Active Messages.......................................................................................................................... 565
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer...................................................................................................566
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.......................................................................................................566
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source.................................................................................................. 567
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source..................................................................................................567
Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................568
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................568
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................569
Debugging MSDP..........................................................................................................................................................569
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................570
Conguring Anycast RP.................................................................................................................................................571
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.........................................................................................................572
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.............................................................................................. 572
MSDP Sample Congurations......................................................................................................................................574
32 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP).................................................................................................577
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 577
Spanning Tree Variations...............................................................................................................................................578
Implementation Information....................................................................................................................................578
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................ 578
Related Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 579
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