Owners Manual
Limiting the Source-Active Cache............................................................................................. 597
Clearing the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................597
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache.............................................................................597
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check...............................................................597
Specifying Source-Active Messages.................................................................................................601
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer......................................................................... 602
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.............................................................................602
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source.........................................................................603
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source........................................................................ 604
Logging Changes in Peership States............................................................................................... 605
Terminating a Peership.....................................................................................................................605
Clearing Peer Statistics.....................................................................................................................605
Debugging MSDP............................................................................................................................. 606
MSDP with Anycast RP..................................................................................................................... 606
Configuring Anycast RP................................................................................................................... 608
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding..............................................................................608
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages...................................................................... 608
MSDP Sample Configurations...........................................................................................................611
33 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)...................................................615
Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................ 615
Spanning Tree Variations.................................................................................................................. 616
Implementation Information...................................................................................................... 616
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol.................................................................................... 616
Related Configuration Tasks.......................................................................................................616
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally...........................................................................................617
Adding and Removing Interfaces......................................................................................................617
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances......................................................................................617
Influencing MSTP Root Selection.....................................................................................................619
Interoperate with Non-Dell Networking OS Bridges...................................................................... 619
Changing the Region Name or Revision......................................................................................... 620
Modifying Global Parameters...........................................................................................................620
Modifying the Interface Parameters.................................................................................................622
Configuring an EdgePort..................................................................................................................622
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change............................................................................. 623
MSTP Sample Configurations...........................................................................................................624
Router 1 Running-ConfigurationRouter 2 Running-ConfigurationRouter 3 Running-
ConfigurationSFTOS Example Running-Configuration............................................................ 624
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configurations.............................................................................. 627
34 Multicast Features......................................................................................... 630
Enabling IP Multicast........................................................................................................................ 630










