Brocade Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide v6.1.2_cee (53-1001258-01, June 2009)

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Configuring the MAC address table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Specifying an aging time or disabling the aging time for MAC
addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Adding static addresses to the MAC address table . . . . . . . . . . 37
Clearing dynamically learned MAC addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Displaying MAC address table entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Chapter 4 Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP using the CEE CLI
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
STP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
RSTP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
MSTP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions . . .44
Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
STP, RSTP, and MSTP-specific configuration procedures . . . . . 46
STP and RSTP-specific configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . 51
RSTP and MSTP-specific configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . 51
MSTP-specific configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
10-Gigabit Ethernet CEE interface-specific configuration. . . . .55
Global STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related configuration procedures63
Clearing STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related information . . . . . . . . . .64
Displaying STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related information . . . . . . . .65
Chapter 5 Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Link aggregation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
LAGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Dynamic link aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Static link aggregation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Brocade-proprietary aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
LAG distribution process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Default LACP configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
LACP configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Enabling LACP on a CEE interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Configuring the LACP system priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Configuring the LACP timeout period on a CEE interface . . . . .75
Clearing LACP counter statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Displaying LACP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
LACP troubleshooting tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76