Users Guide

NLB Unicast Mode Scenario........................................................................................................................................495
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario.....................................................................................................................................495
Limitations of the NLB Feature....................................................................................................................................496
Microsoft Clustering......................................................................................................................................................496
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ............................................................................................................................ 496
Conguring a Switch for NLB .....................................................................................................................................496
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.....................................................................................................................497
28 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)......................................................................................... 498
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................498
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................499
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 500
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol........................................................................................................500
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................500
Enable MSDP.................................................................................................................................................................504
Manage the Source-Active Cache..............................................................................................................................505
Viewing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 505
Limiting the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 505
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................506
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache.......................................................................................................506
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check..................................................................................... 506
Specifying Source-Active Messages.......................................................................................................................... 509
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer....................................................................................................510
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source........................................................................................................510
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source....................................................................................................511
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source................................................................................................... 511
Logging Changes in Peership States............................................................................................................................512
Terminating a Peership...................................................................................................................................................512
Clearing Peer Statistics..................................................................................................................................................513
Debugging MSDP...........................................................................................................................................................513
MSDP with Anycast RP.................................................................................................................................................513
Conguring Anycast RP.................................................................................................................................................514
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding......................................................................................................... 515
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages...............................................................................................515
MSDP Sample Congurations.......................................................................................................................................517
29 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................ 520
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................520
Spanning Tree Variations............................................................................................................................................... 521
Implementation Information.................................................................................................................................... 521
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol.................................................................................................................521
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................521
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally...................................................................................................................... 522
Adding and Removing Interfaces.................................................................................................................................522
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances................................................................................................................ 522
Inuencing MSTP Root Selection................................................................................................................................523
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges............................................................................................................................. 524
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