Specifications

Getting Started with HP ProCurve Switching and Routing
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Introduction ............................................................................................ 111
Guidelines for configuring port trunking .................................................... 112
VLAN Configuration on Trunks ................................................................. 113
Lab — Configure a trunk on a 5406zl switch and then configure VLAN
memberships for that trunk ...................................................................... 114
Learning check ....................................................................................... 115
Lesson 4 — Configuring a Dynamic Trunk with LACP ........................................ 116
Introduction ........................................................................................... 116
Active and Passive LACP ......................................................................... 117
LACP Trunk Negotiation .......................................................................... 118
Lab — Configure ports on 5406zl switch as part of a dynamic trunk created
through LACP ........................................................................................ 119
Learning check ....................................................................................... 12 0
Module 4 — Summary .................................................................................. 121
Module 5 — Redundant Links
Objectives ................................................................................................... 123
Lesson 1 — STP ............................................................................................ 124
Introduction ........................................................................................... 124
Redundant link technology ...................................................................... 125
STP overview ......................................................................................... 127
STP convergence .................................................................................... 128
Bridge priority ....................................................................................... 129
Root path .............................................................................................. 13 0
Link costs............................................................................................... 131
Using the bridge ID as a tie-breaker ......................................................... 132
Using the port ID as a tie-breaker ............................................................. 13 3
Learning check ....................................................................................... 13 4
Lesson 2 — RSTP and MSTP ........................................................................... 135
Introduction ........................................................................................... 13 5
RSTP enhancements ................................................................................ 136
MSTP enhancements ............................................................................... 137
Learning check ....................................................................................... 13 8
Lesson 3 — STP and RSTP configuration .......................................................... 139
Introduction ........................................................................................... 13 9
Bridge and port IDs ................................................................................ 14 0
Default bridge priority ............................................................................. 141
Changing the bridge priority ................................................................... 142
Lab — Enable STP on a 5406zl switch and configure a bridge priority of 0 to
make this switch the root bridge ............................................................... 14 3
Considerations for VLANs ....................................................................... 14 4
VLAN configuration on an STP or RSTP network ......................................... 145
Learning check ....................................................................................... 14 6
The switch with the lowest bridge ID in a spanning tree .............................. 14 6
Root Bridge ........................................................................................... 14 6
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