HP 3600 v2 series Configuration Manual page 4

MAC Information configuration ································································································································ 28
Overview ········································································································································································· 28
Introduction to MAC Information ························································································································· 28
How MAC Information works ······························································································································ 28
Configuring MAC Information ······································································································································ 28
Enabling MAC Information globally ··················································································································· 28
Enabling MAC Information on an interface ······································································································· 28
Configuring MAC Information mode ·················································································································· 29
Configuring the interval for sending Syslog or trap messages ········································································· 29
Configuring the MAC Information queue length ································································································ 29
MAC Information configuration example ···················································································································· 30
Ethernet link aggregation configuration ··················································································································· 31
Overview ········································································································································································· 31
Basic concepts ······················································································································································· 31
Aggregating links in static mode ························································································································· 34
Aggregating links in dynamic mode ··················································································································· 35
Load-sharing criteria for link aggregation groups ····························································································· 37
Ethernet link aggregation configuration task list ········································································································· 37
Configuring an aggregation group ····························································································································· 38
Configuration guidelines ······································································································································ 38
Configuring a static aggregation group ············································································································· 39
Configuring a dynamic aggregation group ······································································································· 40
Configuring an aggregate interface ···························································································································· 42
Configuring the description of an aggregate interface ····················································································· 42
Configuring the MTU of a Layer 3 aggregate interface ··················································································· 42
Enabling link state traps for an aggregate interface ························································································· 43
Setting the minimum number of Selected ports for an aggregation group ····················································· 43
Shutting down an aggregate interface ··············································································································· 44
Restoring the default settings for an aggregate interface ················································································· 44
Configuring load sharing for link aggregation groups ······························································································ 45
Configuring load-sharing criteria for link aggregation groups ········································································ 45
Enabling local-first load sharing for link aggregation ······················································································· 46
Enabling link-aggregation traffic redirection ··············································································································· 47
Displaying and maintaining Ethernet link aggregation ····························································································· 47
Ethernet link aggregation configuration examples ····································································································· 48
Layer 2 static aggregation configuration example ···························································································· 48
Layer 2 dynamic aggregation configuration example ······················································································ 50
Layer 3 static aggregation configuration example ···························································································· 52
Layer 3 dynamic aggregation configuration example ······················································································ 54
Port isolation configuration ········································································································································ 56
Introduction to port isolation ········································································································································· 56
Assigning a port to the isolation group ······················································································································· 56
Displaying and maintaining isolation groups ············································································································· 56
Port isolation configuration example ···························································································································· 57
Spanning tree configuration ······································································································································ 58
STP ··················································································································································································· 58
STP protocol packets ············································································································································· 58
Basic concepts in STP ············································································································································ 59
Calculation process of the STP algorithm ··········································································································· 60
RSTP ················································································································································································· 65
PVST ················································································································································································· 66
MSTP ················································································································································································ 66
STP, RSTP, and PVST limitations ·························································································································· 66
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