Dell PowerConnect B-FCXs Configuration Manual page 9

PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide
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Error disable recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Chapter 9 Configuring Basic Layer 2 Features
About port regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Enabling or disabling the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). . . . . . . . .306
MAC learning rate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Changing the MAC age time and disabling MAC address learning 307
Configuring static MAC entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Configuring VLAN-based static MAC entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Clearing MAC address entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Flow-based MAC address learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Enabling port-based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Defining MAC address filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Locking a port to restrict addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Enabling error disable recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Setting the recovery interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Displaying the error disable recovery state by interface . . . . .287
Displaying the recovery state for all conditions . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Displaying the recovery state by port number and cause. . . .287
Errdisable Syslog messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Multiple spanning-tree regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Configuration notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Configuring MSTP mode and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Reduced occurrences of MSTP reconvergence . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Configuring additional MSTP parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
PowerConnect B-Series FCX device port regions. . . . . . . . . . .306
Modifying STP bridge and port parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Disabling the automatic learning of MAC addresses . . . . . . .308
Displaying the MAC address table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Multi-port static MAC address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Feature overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
The benefits of flow-based learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
How flow-based learning works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Configuration considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Configuring flow-based MAC address learning . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Displaying information about flow-based MACs. . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Clearing flow-based MAC address entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Assigning IEEE 802.1Q tagging to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Configuration notes and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Command syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Enabling logging of management traffic permitted by MAC address
filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
MAC address filter override for 802.1X-enabled ports . . . . . .319
Configuration notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Command syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
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