User`s guide

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Chapter 9
STP and RSTP .......................................................................................................................................................................................................96
STP and RSTP Overview .....................................................................................................................................................................................97
Bridge Priority and the Root Bridge...................................................................................................................................................... 98
Mixed STP and RSTP Networks............................................................................................................................................................ 104
Spanning Tree and VLANs..................................................................................................................................................................... 104
Enabling or Disabling STP or RSTP .............................................................................................................................................................. 105
Configuring STP ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 107
Configuring STP Bridge Settings......................................................................................................................................................... 107
Configuring STP Port Settings ............................................................................................................................................................. 109
Configuring RSTP .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 112
Configuring RSTP Bridge Settings...................................................................................................................................................... 112
Configuring RSTP Port Settings........................................................................................................................................................... 115
Chapter 10
Virtual LANs Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................. 118
VLAN Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 119
VLAN Modes............................................................................................................................................................................................... 120
User-Configured VLAN Mode Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 121
Port-based VLAN Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 121
Tagged VLAN Overview ......................................................................................................................................................................... 128
Basic VLAN Mode Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 132
Setting the VLAN Mode .................................................................................................................................................................................. 133
Chapter 11
Creating Port-based and Tagged VLANs ............................................................................................................................................. 134
Creating a New Port-based or Tagged VLAN .......................................................................................................................................... 135
Example of Creating a Port-based VLAN .................................................................................................................................................. 139
Example of Creating a Tagged VLAN ......................................................................................................................................................... 140
Modifying a VLAN ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 141
Displaying VLAN Information ....................................................................................................................................................................... 144
Deleting a VLAN ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 145
Deleting All VLANs ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 147
Displaying PVIDs and Priorities .................................................................................................................................................................... 148
Enabling or Disabling Ingress Filtering ..................................................................................................................................................... 149
Designating a Management VLAN ............................................................................................................................................................. 151
Chapter 12
Multiple VLAN Modes ................................................................................................................................................................................... 153
Multiple VLAN Modes Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 154
802.1Q- Compliant Multiple VLAN Mode ........................................................................................................................................ 154
Non-802.1Q Compliant Multiple VLAN Mode................................................................................................................................ 156
Preserving User-Configured VLANs................................................................................................................................................... 158
Uplink VLANs - Multiple VLANs Mode Management .................................................................................................................. 158
Activating or Deactivating a Multiple VLAN Mode ............................................................................................................................... 159
Displaying VLAN Information ....................................................................................................................................................................... 160
Chapter 13
MAC Address Table ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 161
MAC Address Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................. 162
Displaying MAC Addresses ............................................................................................................................................................................ 164
Adding Static Unicast and Multicast MAC Addresses .......................................................................................................................... 167
Deleting MAC Addresses ................................................................................................................................................................................ 168
Deleting All Dynamic MAC Addresses ....................................................................................................................................................... 169
Viewing MAC Addresses by Port ................................................................................................................................................................. 170
Identifying a Port Number by MAC Address ........................................................................................................................................... 171
Viewing the MAC Addresses of a VLAN ..................................................................................................................................................... 172
Changing the Aging Time .............................................................................................................................................................................. 173