Users Guide

NLB Unicast Mode Scenario........................................................................................................................................488
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario.....................................................................................................................................488
Limitations of the NLB Feature....................................................................................................................................489
Microsoft Clustering......................................................................................................................................................489
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ............................................................................................................................ 489
Conguring a Switch for NLB .....................................................................................................................................489
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.................................................................................................................... 490
29 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)..........................................................................................491
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................491
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................492
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................................493
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol........................................................................................................493
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................493
Enable MSDP................................................................................................................................................................. 497
Manage the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................................................. 498
Viewing the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................498
Limiting the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................498
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................499
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................... 499
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check......................................................................................499
Specifying Source-Active Messages...........................................................................................................................502
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer...................................................................................................503
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.......................................................................................................503
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source.................................................................................................. 504
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source................................................................................................. 504
Logging Changes in Peership States.......................................................................................................................... 505
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................505
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................506
Debugging MSDP..........................................................................................................................................................506
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................506
Conguring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................507
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding........................................................................................................ 508
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages..............................................................................................508
MSDP Sample Congurations...................................................................................................................................... 510
30 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................. 513
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................513
Spanning Tree Variations............................................................................................................................................... 514
Implementation Information.................................................................................................................................... 514
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol.................................................................................................................514
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................514
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally....................................................................................................................... 515
Adding and Removing Interfaces..................................................................................................................................515
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances.................................................................................................................515
Inuencing MSTP Root Selection.................................................................................................................................517
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges..............................................................................................................................517
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