F3726, F3211, F3174, R5135, R3816-HP Firewalls and UTM Devices Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW100
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Configuring VLANs at the CLI ······································································································································· 40
Configuring basic VLAN settings ························································································································· 40
Configuring basic settings of a VLAN interface ································································································· 41
Configuring port-based VLANs ···························································································································· 43
Displaying and maintaining VLAN ······················································································································ 45
Port-based VLAN configuration example ············································································································ 46
Configuring the MAC address table ························································································································ 48
Overview ········································································································································································· 48
How a MAC address entry is created ················································································································ 48
Types of MAC address entries ····························································································································· 49
MAC address table-based frame forwarding ···································································································· 49
Configuring the MAC address table in the Web interface ······················································································· 49
Adding a MAC address entry ······························································································································ 49
Setting the aging time for MAC address entries ································································································ 51
MAC address table configuration example ······································································································· 51
Configuring the MAC address table at the CLI ··········································································································· 53
Configuring static, dynamic, and destination blackhole MAC address entries ············································· 53
Configuring the aging timer for dynamic MAC address entries ······································································ 54
Configuring the MAC learning limit on interfaces ····························································································· 54
Displaying and maintaining MAC address tables ····························································································· 55
MAC address table configuration example ······································································································· 55
Configuring spanning tree protocols ························································································································ 57
STP ··················································································································································································· 57
STP protocol packets ············································································································································· 57
Basic concepts in STP ············································································································································ 58
STP algorithm ························································································································································· 59
The configuration BPDU forwarding mechanism of STP ··················································································· 63
STP timers ······························································································································································· 63
RSTP ················································································································································································· 63
MSTP ················································································································································································ 64
STP and RSTP limitations ······································································································································· 64
MSTP features ························································································································································ 64
MSTP basic concepts ············································································································································ 64
How MSTP works ·················································································································································· 68
Implementation of MSTP on devices ···················································································································· 68
Protocols and standards ················································································································································ 69
Configuring MSTP in the Web interface ····················································································································· 69
Recommend MSTP configuration procedure ······································································································ 69
Configuring an MST region ································································································································· 69
Configuring MSTP globally ·································································································································· 71
Configuring MSTP on a port ································································································································ 73
MSTP configuration example ······························································································································· 75
Configuring MSTP at the CLI ········································································································································· 81
Spanning tree configuration task lists ················································································································· 81
Setting the spanning tree mode ··························································································································· 84
Configuring an MST region ································································································································· 84
Configuring the root bridge or a secondary root bridge ·················································································· 85
Configuring the device priority ···························································································································· 86
Configuring the maximum hops of an MST region ··························································································· 86
Configuring the network diameter of a switched network ················································································ 87
Configuring spanning tree timers ························································································································ 87
Configuring the timeout factor ····························································································································· 88
Configuring the maximum port rate ···················································································································· 89