Reference Guide

Relevant Management Objects........................................................................................................ 587
31 Microsoft Network Load Balancing...............................................................595
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario.............................................................................................................595
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario.......................................................................................................... 596
Limitations With Enabling NLB on Switches....................................................................................596
Benefits and Working of Microsoft Clustering................................................................................ 596
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ................................................................................................. 597
Configuring a Switch for NLB ..........................................................................................................597
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32 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)............................................ 599
Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................599
Anycast RP.........................................................................................................................................601
Implementation Information............................................................................................................601
Configure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol............................................................................. 601
Related Configuration Tasks.......................................................................................................601
Enable MSDP.....................................................................................................................................605
Manage the Source-Active Cache...................................................................................................606
Viewing the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................606
Limiting the Source-Active Cache............................................................................................. 607
Clearing the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................607
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache.............................................................................607
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check.............................................................. 607
Specifying Source-Active Messages................................................................................................. 611
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer..........................................................................612
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source............................................................................. 612
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source......................................................................... 613
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source.........................................................................614
Logging Changes in Peership States................................................................................................ 615
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................... 615
Clearing Peer Statistics......................................................................................................................615
Debugging MSDP..............................................................................................................................616
MSDP with Anycast RP......................................................................................................................616
Configuring Anycast RP.................................................................................................................... 618
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.............................................................................. 618
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.......................................................................618
MSDP Sample Configurations...........................................................................................................621
33 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP).....................................................625
Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................625
Spanning Tree Variations..................................................................................................................626