R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW101
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Configuring a MAC address table in the web interface ··························································································· 38
Adding a MAC address entry ······························································································································ 38
Setting the aging time of MAC address entries ································································································· 39
MAC address table configuration example ······································································································· 39
Configuring web filtering in the CLI ····························································································································· 40
Configuring MAC address table entries ············································································································· 40
Configuring the aging timer for dynamic MAC address entries ······································································ 41
Displaying and maintaining MAC address tables ····························································································· 41
MAC address table configuration example ······································································································· 41
MSTP Configuration ··················································································································································· 43
Overview ········································································································································································· 43
Introduction to STP ························································································································································· 43
Protocol packets of STP ········································································································································· 43
Basic concepts in STP ············································································································································ 43
How STP works ······················································································································································ 45
Introduction to RSTP ······················································································································································· 50
Introduction to MSTP ······················································································································································ 50
Why MSTP ····························································································································································· 50
Basic concepts in MSTP ········································································································································ 51
How MSTP works ·················································································································································· 55
Implementation of MSTP on devices ···················································································································· 55
Protocols and standards ······································································································································· 56
Configuring MSTP in the web interface ······················································································································· 56
Configuration task list ··········································································································································· 56
Configuring an MST region ································································································································· 56
Configuring MSTP globally ·································································································································· 58
Configuring MSTP on a port ································································································································ 60
MSTP configuration example ······························································································································· 62
Configuration MSTP in the CLI ······································································································································ 64
Spanning tree configuration task lists ················································································································· 64
Configuring the spanning tree ····························································································································· 67
Displaying and maintaining the spanning tree ·································································································· 85
MSTP configuration example ······························································································································· 86
Configuration guidelines ··············································································································································· 89
Layer 2 forwarding configuration ····························································································································· 91
Layer 2 forwarding overview ········································································································································ 91
General Layer 2 forwarding ································································································································ 91
Inline Layer 2 forwarding ····································································································································· 91
Inter-VLAN Layer 2 forwarding ···························································································································· 91
Configuring general Layer 2 forwarding ···················································································································· 92
Configuring general Layer 2 forwarding ············································································································ 92
Displaying and maintaining general Layer 2 forwarding················································································· 92
Configuring inline Layer 2 forwarding ························································································································ 92
Configuring inline Layer 2 forwarding in the web interface ············································································ 92
Configuring inline Layer 2 forwarding in the CLI ······························································································ 94
Forward-type inline Layer 2 forwarding configuration example··············································································· 95
Blackhole-type inline Layer 2 forwarding configuration example ············································································ 96
Configuring inter-VLAN Layer 2 forwarding ··············································································································· 96
Configuring inter-VLAN Layer 2 forwarding ······································································································ 96
Displaying and maintaining inter-VLAN Layer 2 forwarding ··········································································· 99
Inter-VLAN Layer 2 forwarding configuration example ····························································································· 99
Frame forwarding statistics ········································································································································· 101
Frame forwarding statistics overview ················································································································ 101