Administrator Guide

27 Microsoft Network Load Balancing........................................................................................................... 471
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario.........................................................................................................................................471
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario......................................................................................................................................471
Limitations of the NLB Feature.................................................................................................................................... 472
Microsoft Clustering......................................................................................................................................................472
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding .............................................................................................................................472
Conguring a Switch for NLB ..................................................................................................................................... 472
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.....................................................................................................................473
28 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)......................................................................................... 474
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 474
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................475
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................................476
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol........................................................................................................ 476
Related Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 476
Enable MSDP................................................................................................................................................................. 480
Manage the Source-Active Cache............................................................................................................................... 481
Viewing the Source-Active Cache......................................................................................................................... 481
Limiting the Source-Active Cache..........................................................................................................................481
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 482
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................... 482
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check......................................................................................482
Specifying Source-Active Messages...........................................................................................................................485
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer...................................................................................................486
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.......................................................................................................486
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source...................................................................................................487
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source..................................................................................................487
Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................488
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................488
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................489
Debugging MSDP.......................................................................................................................................................... 489
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................490
Conguring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................ 491
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.........................................................................................................492
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.............................................................................................. 492
MSDP Sample Congurations......................................................................................................................................494
29 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP).................................................................................................497
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 497
Spanning Tree Variations...............................................................................................................................................498
Implementation Information....................................................................................................................................498
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................498
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................499
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally...................................................................................................................... 499
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................499
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