Concept Guide

30 Microsoft Network Load Balancing.......................................................................................................... 575
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario........................................................................................................................................575
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario.....................................................................................................................................575
Limitations of the NLB Feature.................................................................................................................................... 576
Microsoft Clustering......................................................................................................................................................576
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding .............................................................................................................................576
Conguring a Switch for NLB ..................................................................................................................................... 576
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.....................................................................................................................577
31 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP).......................................................................................... 578
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 578
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................579
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 580
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol........................................................................................................580
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................580
Enable MSDP................................................................................................................................................................. 584
Manage the Source-Active Cache..............................................................................................................................585
Viewing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 585
Limiting the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................585
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................586
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................... 586
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check..................................................................................... 586
Specifying Source-Active Messages...........................................................................................................................589
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer...................................................................................................590
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.......................................................................................................590
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source................................................................................................... 591
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source.................................................................................................. 591
Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................592
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................592
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................593
Debugging MSDP.......................................................................................................................................................... 593
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................594
Conguring Anycast RP............................................................................................................................................... 595
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding........................................................................................................ 596
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages..............................................................................................596
MSDP Sample Congurations..................................................................................................................................... 598
32 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................. 601
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................601
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 602
Implementation Information....................................................................................................................................602
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................602
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................603
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally...................................................................................................................... 603
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................603
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