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Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................531
Enable MSDP.................................................................................................................................................................535
Manage the Source-Active Cache.............................................................................................................................. 536
Viewing the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................536
Limiting the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................536
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 537
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache....................................................................................................... 537
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check......................................................................................537
Specifying Source-Active Messages...........................................................................................................................540
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer....................................................................................................541
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source........................................................................................................541
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source.................................................................................................. 542
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source..................................................................................................542
Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................543
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................543
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................544
Debugging MSDP.......................................................................................................................................................... 544
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................545
Conguring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................546
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding.........................................................................................................547
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.............................................................................................. 547
MSDP Sample Congurations..................................................................................................................................... 549
29 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................ 552
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................552
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 553
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 553
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................553
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................554
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally...................................................................................................................... 554
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................554
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances................................................................................................................555
Inuencing MSTP Root Selection............................................................................................................................... 556
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges............................................................................................................................. 557
Changing the Region Name or Revision..................................................................................................................... 557
Modifying Global Parameters....................................................................................................................................... 557
Modifying the Interface Parameters........................................................................................................................... 559
Conguring an EdgePort.............................................................................................................................................. 560
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change....................................................................................................... 560
MSTP Sample Congurations.......................................................................................................................................561
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CongurationSFTOS Example Running-Conguration........................................................................................561
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Congurations........................................................................................................ 565
30 Multicast Features................................................................................................................................... 567
Enabling IP Multicast.....................................................................................................................................................567
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