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Debugging FEFD...................................................................................................................................................... 501
26 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)..................................................................................................... 503
802.1AB (LLDP) Overview............................................................................................................................................503
Protocol Data Units................................................................................................................................................. 503
Optional TLVs.................................................................................................................................................................504
Management TLVs.................................................................................................................................................. 504
TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) Overview................................................................................................................................ 506
TIA Organizationally Specic TLVs........................................................................................................................506
Congure LLDP.............................................................................................................................................................. 510
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................510
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 510
LLDP Compatibility....................................................................................................................................................511
CONFIGURATION versus INTERFACE Congurations..............................................................................................511
Enabling LLDP................................................................................................................................................................. 511
Disabling and Undoing LLDP...................................................................................................................................512
Enabling LLDP on Management Ports.........................................................................................................................512
Disabling and Undoing LLDP on Management Ports...........................................................................................512
Advertising TLVs.............................................................................................................................................................512
Storing and Viewing Unrecognized LLDP TLVs..........................................................................................................514
Reserved Unrecognized LLDP TLVs...................................................................................................................... 514
Organizational Specic Unrecognized LLDP TLVs...............................................................................................514
Viewing Unrecognized LLDP TLVs.........................................................................................................................514
Viewing the LLDP Conguration.................................................................................................................................. 515
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Neighbors.................................................................................515
Examples of Viewing Information Advertised by Neighbors............................................................................... 515
Conguring LLDPDU Intervals...................................................................................................................................... 517
Conguring Transmit and Receive Mode.................................................................................................................... 518
Conguring the Time to Live Value.............................................................................................................................. 519
Debugging LLDP.............................................................................................................................................................519
Relevant Management Objects................................................................................................................................... 520
27 Microsoft Network Load Balancing.......................................................................................................... 526
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario........................................................................................................................................526
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario.....................................................................................................................................526
Limitations of the NLB Feature.................................................................................................................................... 527
Microsoft Clustering......................................................................................................................................................527
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding .............................................................................................................................527
Conguring a Switch for NLB ..................................................................................................................................... 527
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.................................................................................................................... 528
28 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)......................................................................................... 529
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................529
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................530
Implementation Information.......................................................................................................................................... 531
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol.........................................................................................................531
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