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Displaying and modifying system parameter default settings . . . .321
TDynamic Buffer Allocation for an IronStack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Remote Fault Notification (RFN) on 1G fiber connections . . . . . . .329
Link Fault Signaling (LFS) for 10G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
Jumbo frame support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Chapter 10 Configuring Metro Features
Topology groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Metro Ring Protocol (MRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Configuration considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Displaying system parameter default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Modifying system parameter default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Generic buffer profiles on PowerConnect Stackable devices .329
Enabling and disabling remote fault notification. . . . . . . . . . .330
Master VLAN and member VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Control ports and free ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Configuration considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Configuring a topology group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Displaying topology group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
Configuration notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
MRP rings without shared interfaces (MRP Phase 1) . . . . . . .339
MRP rings with shared interfaces (MRP Phase 2). . . . . . . . . .340
Ring initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
How ring breaks are detected and healed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Master VLANs and customer VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
Configuring MRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Using MRP diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Displaying MRP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
MRP CLI example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355
Configuration notes and feature limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Layer 2 and Layer 3 redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Master election and failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
VSRP-Aware security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
VSRP parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
Configuring basic VSRP parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Configuring optional VSRP parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
Displaying VSRP information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
VSRP fast start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
VSRP and MRP signaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide
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