Layer 2 Enhancements; System-Level Enhancements; Haring - HP ProCurve 9304M Installation And Configuration Manual

Installation and Basic Configuration Guide

Layer 2 Enhancements

Enhancement
Ability to configure VSRP-aware
security parameters
MAC address filtering on VEs
Enhancement to PVST+
compatibility mode
Enhancement to 802.1W

System-Level Enhancements

Enhancement
DVMRP support for up to 512
virtual routing interfaces
Ability to configure the PIM Dense
prune wait time
Link aggregation enhancements
ACLs to filter ARP
Enhancements to ToS-based QoS
802.1X port security
enhancements
TSP load sharing on a per-DMA
basis
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Description
With the VSRP-aware security enhancement, you can:
• Define specific authentication parameters that a VSRP-
aware device will use on a VSRP backup switch. The
authentication parameters that you define will not age out.
• Define a list of ports that have authentic VSRP backup
switch connections. The VSRP-aware switch will not use the
aware functionality to process VSRP hello packets coming
from ports not specified in this list.
You can apply MAC filters to virtual routing interfaces.
A port that is in PVST+ compatibility mode due to auto-detection
reverts to the default MSTP mode when the port is disabled.
When configuring 802.1W bridge parameters, make sure that the
value for max-age is greater than the value of forward-delay.
Description
In software release 07.6.04, the Distance Vector Multicast
Routing Protocol (DVMRP) provides support for up to 512 virtual
routing interfaces.
The prune-wait command enables you to configure the amount
of time the router will wait before stopping traffic to a neighboring
PIM router.
You can now determine the status of ports that are part of an
aggregate link, and determine whether or not Link Aggregation
Control Protocol (LACP) messages are being exchanged
between the ports.
ACLs can now be used to filter ARP request packets.
The T-Flow Redundant Management Module now supports
marking of ToS bits.
The following enhancements have been made to HP's
implementation of 802.1X port security:
• Dynamic VLAN assignment
• Removal of restrictions on configuring 802.1X port security
on route-only ports and virtual routing interfaces
• New Syslog messages for 802.1X port security
The T-Flow Redundant Management Module supports TSP load
sharing on a per-DMA basis. Previous releases supported TSP
load sharing on a per-module basis only.
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