R3721-F3210-F3171-HP High-End Firewalls Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW101

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Configuring the MAC address table ························································································································ 47
Overview ········································································································································································· 47
How a MAC address table entry is created ······································································································· 47
Types of MAC address table entries ··················································································································· 48
MAC address table-based frame forwarding ···································································································· 48
Configuring the MAC address table in the Web interface ······················································································· 49
Adding a MAC address entry ······························································································································ 49
Setting the aging time for MAC address entries ································································································ 50
MAC address table configuration example ······································································································· 50
Configuring the MAC address table at the CLI ··········································································································· 52
Configuring MAC address table entries ············································································································· 52
Configuring the aging timer for dynamic MAC address entries ······································································ 53
Displaying and maintaining the MAC address table ························································································ 53
MAC address table configuration example ······································································································· 54
Configuring MSTP ······················································································································································ 56
Introduction to STP ························································································································································· 56
STP protocol packets ············································································································································· 56
Basic concepts in STP ············································································································································ 56
How STP works ······················································································································································ 57
Introduction to RSTP ······················································································································································· 63
Introduction to MSTP ······················································································································································ 64
Why MSTP ····························································································································································· 64
Basic concepts in MSTP ········································································································································ 65
How MSTP works ·················································································································································· 68
Implementation of MSTP on devices ···················································································································· 69
Protocols and standards ······································································································································· 69
Configuring MSTP in the Web interface ····················································································································· 69
Configuration task list ··········································································································································· 69
Configuring an MST region ································································································································· 70
Configuring MSTP globally ·································································································································· 71
Configuring MSTP on a port ································································································································ 74
MSTP configuration example ······························································································································· 76
Configuring MSTP at the CLI ········································································································································· 82
Spanning tree configuration task list ··················································································································· 82
Setting the spanning tree mode ··························································································································· 85
Configuring the root bridge or a secondary root bridge ·················································································· 87
Configuring the device priority ···························································································································· 87
Configuring the maximum hops of an MST region ··························································································· 88
Configuring the timeout factor ····························································································································· 90
Configuring the maximum port rate ···················································································································· 90
Configuring edge ports ········································································································································· 91
Configuring path costs of ports ···························································································································· 91
Configuring the port priority ································································································································ 93
Configuring the port link type ······························································································································ 94
Configuring the mode a port uses to recognize/send MSTP packets ····························································· 94
Enabling the spanning tree feature ····················································································································· 95
Performing mCheck ··············································································································································· 96
Configuring Digest Snooping ······························································································································· 96
Configuring No Agreement Check······················································································································ 98
Configuring protection functions ························································································································ 100
Displaying and maintaining the spanning tree ································································································ 103
Spanning tree configuration example ··············································································································· 103
Configuration guidelines ············································································································································· 107