Specifications

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Disabling or Reenabling a Port...........................................................................................................4-8
Resetting a Port..................................................................................................................................4-8
Displaying Port Information .......................................................................................................................4-9
Displaying Port Configuration and Status...........................................................................................4-9
Example .......................................................................................................................................4-9
Displaying Port Statistics ..................................................................................................................4-10
Example .....................................................................................................................................4-10
Clearing Statistics Counters .............................................................................................................4-10
Monitoring Port Statistics.................................................................................................................. 4-10
Example .....................................................................................................................................4-11
Configuring Load-Sharing Port Groups...................................................................................................4-11
Load Sharing ....................................................................................................................................4-11
Link Redundancy..............................................................................................................................4-12
Configuring a Port Group..................................................................................................................4-12
Examples ...................................................................................................................................4-12
Removing a Port Group....................................................................................................................4-13
Displaying Port Group Information ...................................................................................................4-13
Example .....................................................................................................................................4-13
Interoperating with Cisco Systems EtherChannel ............................................................................4-13
Configuring and Managing VLANs ................................................................................................................ 4-14
Understanding VLANs in Enterasys Networks MSS ...............................................................................4-14
VLANs, IP Subnets, and IP Addressing ........................................................................................... 4-14
Users and VLANs ............................................................................................................................. 4-15
VLAN Names....................................................................................................................................4-15
Roaming and VLANs ........................................................................................................................4-15
Traffic Forwarding.............................................................................................................................4-16
802.1Q Tagging................................................................................................................................4-16
Tunnel Affinity................................................................................................................................... 4-16
Configuring a VLAN ................................................................................................................................4-16
Creating a VLAN...............................................................................................................................4-17
Example .....................................................................................................................................4-17
Adding Ports to a VLAN....................................................................................................................4-17
Examples ...................................................................................................................................4-17
Removing an Entire VLAN or a VLAN Port ......................................................................................4-18
Examples ...................................................................................................................................4-18
Changing Tunneling Affinity .................................................................................................................... 4-18
Restricting Layer 2 Forwarding Among Clients.......................................................................................4-19
Examples..........................................................................................................................................4-19
Displaying VLAN Information .................................................................................................................. 4-20
Example............................................................................................................................................ 4-20
Managing the Layer 2 Forwarding Database ................................................................................................4-20
Types of Forwarding Database Entries...................................................................................................4-20
How Entries Enter the Forwarding Database..........................................................................................4-21
Displaying Forwarding Database Information .........................................................................................4-21
Displaying the Size of the Forwarding Database.............................................................................. 4-21
Example .....................................................................................................................................4-21
Displaying Forwarding Database Entries .........................................................................................
4-21
Example .....................................................................................................................................4-22
Adding an Entry to the Forwarding Database .........................................................................................4-22
Examples..........................................................................................................................................4-22
Removing Entries from the Forwarding Database ..................................................................................4-23
Examples..........................................................................................................................................4-23
Configuring the Aging Timeout Period ....................................................................................................4-23