User guide

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8SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL (STP)
Overview of the Spanning Tree Protocol 8-1
Spanning Tree Domains 8-2
STPD Status for GVRP-Added Ports 8-2
Defaults 8-3
STP Configurations 8-3
Configuring STP on the Switch 8-6
STP Configuration Example 8-8
Displaying STP Settings 8-8
Disabling and Resetting STP 8-9
9QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS)
Overview of Policy-Based Quality of Service 9-2
Applications and Types of QoS 9-3
Voice Applications 9-3
Video Applications 9-3
Critical Database Applications 9-4
Web Browsing Applications 9-4
File Server Applications 9-4
Assigning QoS Attributes 9-5
QoS Profiles 9-6
Configuring a QoS Profile 9-8
Traffic Groupings and Creating a QoS Policy 9-8
IP-Based Traffic Groupings 9-10
MAC-Based Traffic Groupings 9-10
Permanent MAC addresses 9-10
Dynamic MAC Addresses 9-11
Blackhole MAC Address 9-11
Broadcast/Unknown Rate Limiting MAC Address 9-11
Verifying MAC-Based QoS Settings 9-12
Explicit Class of Service (802.1p and DiffServ) Traffic
Groupings 9-12
Configuring 802.1p Priority 9-12
Observing 802.1p Information 9-13
802.1p Commands 9-14
Changing the Default 802.1p Mapping 9-14
Replacing 802.1p Priority Information 9-14