Users Guide

32 Contents
Deployment Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028
Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030
Configuration Consistency
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1031
Operation in the Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034
Layer-2 Configuration Steps
. . . . . . . . . . . 1038
Switch Firmware Upgrade Procedure
. . . . . . 1041
Static Routing on MLAG Interfaces
. . . . . . . . 1042
Caveats and Limitations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1049
Basic Configuration Example
. . . . . . . . . . . 1055
A Complete MLAG Example
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1063
27 MAC Addressing and Forwarding . . . . 1081
MAC Address Table Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081
How Is the Address Table Populated?
. . . . . . 1081
What Information Is in the MAC Address Table?
1082
How Is the MAC Address Table Maintained
Across a Stack?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082
Default MAC Address Table Values
. . . . . . . . . . 1082
Managing the MAC Address Table (Web)
. . . . . . . 1083
Static Address Table
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083
Global Address Table
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1085
Managing the MAC Address Table (CLI)
. . . . . . . 1086
Managing the MAC Address Table
. . . . . . . . 1086
28 DHCP Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089
DHCP Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089
How Does DHCP Work?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090
What are DHCP Options?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1091
What Additional DHCP Features Does the Switch