BLADE OS™ Application Guide HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c-Class BladeSystem Version 5.1 Advanced Functionality Software
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part 1: Basic Switching
- Accessing the Switch
- The Management Network
- Local Management Using the Console Port
- The Command Line Interface
- Remote Management Access
- Client IP Address Agents
- Securing Access to the Switch
- Setting Allowable Source IP Address Ranges
- RADIUS Authentication and Authorization
- TACACS+ Authentication
- LDAP Authentication and Authorization
- Secure Shell and Secure Copy
- Configuring SSH/SCP Features on the Switch
- Configuring the SCP Administrator Password
- Using SSH and SCP Client Commands
- SSH and SCP Encryption of Management Messages
- Generating RSA Host and Server Keys for SSH Access
- SSH/SCP Integration with Radius Authentication
- SSH/SCP Integration with TACACS+ Authentication
- End User Access Control
- Ports and Trunking
- Port-Based Network Access Control
- VLANs
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- RSTP and MSTP
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol
- Quality of Service
- Accessing the Switch
- Part 2: IP Routing
- Basic IP Routing
- Routing Information Protocol
- IGMP
- OSPF
- OSPF Overview
- OSPF Implementation in BLADE OS
- OSPF Configuration Examples
- Remote Monitoring
- Part 3: High Availability Fundamentals
- High Availability
- Layer 2 Failover
- Server Link Failure Detection
- VRRP Overview
- Failover Methods
- BLADE OS Extensions to VRRP
- Virtual Router Deployment Considerations
- High Availability Configurations
- High Availability
- Part 4: Appendices
- Index
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CHAPTER 6
RSTP and MSTP
IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol enhances the Spanning Tree Protocol to provide rapid
convergence on Spanning Tree Group 1. IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol extends the
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, to provide both rapid convergence and load balancing in a VLAN
environment.
The following topics are discussed in this chapter:
“Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol” on page 122
“Port State Changes” on page 122
“Port Type and Link Type” on page 123
“RSTP Configuration Guidelines” on page 124
“RSTP Configuration Example” on page 124
“Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol” on page 125
“MSTP Region” on page 125
“Common Internal Spanning Tree” on page 125
“MSTP Configuration Guidelines” on page 126
“MSTP Configuration Example” on page 126