Users Guide

Relevant Management Objects.......................................................................................................................................518
34 Microsoft Network Load Balancing............................................................................523
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario.......................................................................................................................................... 523
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario....................................................................................................................................... 523
Limitations of the NLB Feature...................................................................................................................................... 524
Microsoft Clustering.......................................................................................................................................................524
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ................................................................................................................................524
Conguring a Switch for NLB ....................................................................................................................................... 525
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB........................................................................................................................525
35 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP).......................................................... 526
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 526
Anycast RP.................................................................................................................................................................... 527
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................................527
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol..............................................................................................................527
Related Conguration Tasks...........................................................................................................................................528
Enable MSDP.................................................................................................................................................................532
Manage the Source-Active Cache................................................................................................................................. 533
Viewing the Source-Active Cache............................................................................................................................533
Limiting the Source-Active Cache............................................................................................................................533
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................... 534
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache............................................................................................................534
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check.............................................................................................534
Specifying Source-Active Messages.............................................................................................................................. 538
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer.........................................................................................................539
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source............................................................................................................ 539
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source........................................................................................................540
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source....................................................................................................... 540
Logging Changes in Peership States...............................................................................................................................541
Terminating a Peership....................................................................................................................................................541
Clearing Peer Statistics..................................................................................................................................................542
Debugging MSDP.......................................................................................................................................................... 542
Conguring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................. 543
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding............................................................................................................. 543
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages....................................................................................................543
MSDP Sample Congurations........................................................................................................................................546
36 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)..................................................................549
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 549
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol.................................................................................................................... 549
Related Conguration Tasks.....................................................................................................................................550
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally..........................................................................................................................550
Adding and Removing Interfaces................................................................................................................................... 550
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances..................................................................................................................... 551
Inuencing MSTP Root Selection...................................................................................................................................552
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