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- Page 1 CONFIGURATION GUIDE Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide Supporting Brocade 5600 vRouter 4.2R1 53-1004250-01 16 May 2016...
- Page 2 United States government. The authors and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. assume no liability or responsibility to any person or entity with respect to the accuracy of this document or any loss, cost, liability, or damages arising from the information contained herein or the computer programs that accompany it.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
<brx> spanning-tree max-age <interval>................................42 interfaces bridge <brx> spanning-tree priority <priority>..................................44 interfaces bridge <brx> spanning-tree tx-hold-count <count>.................................45 interfaces bridge <brx> spanning-tree version <stp | rstp>.................................46 monitor interfaces bridge <brx>............................................47 show bridge....................................................48 Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... - Page 4 Bridge Interface Commands.................................................59 clear interfaces bridge counters............................................60 interfaces dataplane <interface-name> bridge-group.................................... 61 interfaces dataplane <interface> vif <vif-id> bridge-group................................. 63 show interfaces bridge................................................65 monitor interfaces bridge <brx>............................................66 Supported Interface Types................................................67 List of Acronyms....................................................69 Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 5: Preface
In Fibre Channel products, square brackets may be used instead for this purpose. x | y A vertical bar separates mutually exclusive elements. < > Nonprinting characters, for example, passwords, are enclosed in angle brackets. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 6: Notes, Cautions, And Warnings
For product support information and the latest information on contacting the Technical Assistance Center, go to http:// www.brocade.com/services-support/index.html. If you have purchased Brocade product support directly from Brocade, use one of the following methods to contact the Brocade Technical Assistance Center 24x7. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 7: Brocade Oem Customers
By sending your feedback to documentation@brocade.com. Provide the publication title, part number, and as much detail as possible, including the topic heading and page number if applicable, as well as your suggestions for improvement. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... - Page 8 Preface Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 9: About This Guide
About This Guide This guide describes how to configure Layer 2 bridging on the Brocade 5600 vRouter (referred to as a virtual router, vRouter, or router in the guide). Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... - Page 10 About This Guide Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 11: Bridging Overview
Spanning tree also allows a network design to include redundant links to provide automatic backup paths if an active link fails, thus, eliminating the need to manually enable or disable the backup links. Brocade 5600 vRouter supports Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) that is an enhancement of the STP and provides the following advantages. - Page 12 TC and informs its neighbors when it is aware of a TC and instructs them to clear their data base entries after the short timer immediately deletes old data base entries. (~Forward delay) expires. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
- Page 13 If a nonroot bridge does not receive a hello for a max-age interval of time Waits for 3 times the hello on a root port before deciding to act. on a root port, the STP starts claiming the root role by generating its own BPDU. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
- Page 14 Bridging Overview Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 15: Bridging Configuration Examples
Basic bridging configuration This section presents a sample configuration for a basic bridge between two Ethernet segments on a Brocade vRouter. NOTE Brocade 5600 vRouter Tunnels Configuration Guide . For information on bridging with GRE tunnels, see NOTE In the vRouter, a data plane interface is an abstraction that represents the underlying physical or virtual Ethernet interface of the system. -
Page 16: Configuring Bridge Ports
To do this, perform the following steps on both R1 and R2 in configuration mode. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... - Page 17 The host-facing port is Bridge ID 8.000.52:54:00:00:02:02 of edge type . Port State Role Cost Prio Type dp0s1 (1) forwarding Desg 2000 edge rstp ∙ Both ports are RSTP dp0s2 (2) forwarding Root 1000 rstp version. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
- Page 18 Bridging Configuration Examples Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 19: Bridge Group Commands
Firewall is supported by bridge groups. Commands for configuring firewall are described in Brocade 5600 vRouter Firewall Configuration Guide . Policy-based routing Policy-based routing is supported by bridge groups. Commands for configuring policy-based Brocade 5600 vRouter Policy-based Routing Configuration Guide . routing are described in Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... - Page 20 OSPF is supported by bridge groups. Commands for configuring OSPF are described in 5600 vRouter OSPF Configuration Guide . Quality-of-service (QoS) traffic policies are supported by bridge groups. Commands for configuring Brocade 5600 vRouter QoS Configuration Guide . QoS are described in Brocade 5600 RIP is supported by bridge groups.
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Page 21: Clear Bridge
Use this command to clear the forwarding database (FDB) for bridge MAC address for a bridge group. NOTE After clearing the FDB for bridge MAC address, a short period of unicast-packet flooding may last until the source MAC addresses are relearned. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Macs -
Page 22: Clear Bridge
: hh : hh : hh : hh : hh , where h is a hexadecimal number. Modes Operational mode Usage Guidelines Use this command to clear from the FDB for bridge MAC address the record that matches the MAC address. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Macs Mac-Address -
Page 23: Clear Bridge
A port for which information is cleared from the database. Modes Operational mode Usage Guidelines Use this command to clear from the FDB for bridge MAC address entries that match a bridge interface port. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Macs Port -
Page 24: Clear Bridge
A port for which information is cleared from the FDB for bridge MAC address. Modes Operational mode Usage Guidelines Use this command to clear records from the FDB for bridge MAC address entries of a bridge port that matches with the MAC address. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Macs Port Mac-Address -
Page 25: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to create the bridge group and define bridge settings. Use the delete form of this command to remove all configuration for a bridge group. Use the show form of this command to view bridge group configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 26: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to set the address for the bridge group. Use the delete form of this command to remove address configuration for the bridge group Use the show form of this command to view bridge group address configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Address -
Page 27: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to set the MAC address aging timeout value. Use the delete form of this command to restore the default MAC address aging configuration. Use the show form of this command to view the MAC address aging configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Aging -
Page 28: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to specify a description for the bridge group. Use the delete form of this command to remove the bridge group description. Use the show form of this command to view the bridge group description. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Description -
Page 29: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to specify whether to disable bridging on the interface. Use the delete form of this command to restore the default value for the bridge group. Use the show form of this command to view bridge group configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Disable -
Page 30: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to specify whether to ignore changes in link-states. Use the delete form of this command to detect changes in link-states. Use the show form of this command to view bridge group configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Disable-Link-Detect -
Page 31: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to specify an IPv6 address for the interface. Use the delete form of this command to delete an IPv6 address from the interface. Use the show form of this command to view IPv6 address configuration settings. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Ipv6 Address -
Page 32: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to disable IPv6 packet forwarding on an interface. Use the delete form of this command to enable IPv6 packet forwarding on an interface. Use the show form of this command to display IPv6 packet forwarding interface configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Ipv6 Disable-Forwarding -
Page 33: Interfaces Bridge
Use the delete form of this command to delete the parameter from the interface and use the default value. Use the show form of this command to view NS packet configuration for DAD. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Ipv6 Dup-Addr-Detect-Transmits -
Page 34: Interfaces Bridge
Whether to use the administered protocol for address autoconfiguration. Supported values are as follows: true: Hosts use the administered (stateful) protocol for address autoconfiguration in addition to any addresses autoconfigured Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Ipv6 Router-Advert - Page 35 The length of time, in milliseconds, between retransmitted NS messages. This value is used by address resolution and the Neighbor Unreachability Detection algorithm (see Sections 7.2 and 7.3 of RFC 2461). The range of supported Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
- Page 36 Use the set form of this command to create the router-advert configuration node and begin to send router advertisements. Use the delete form of this command to remove router-advert configuration node and stop sending router advertisements. Use the show form of this command to view router advertisement configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 37: Interfaces Bridge
Use the delete form of this command to remove a configured MAC address for the bridge interface. Use the show form of this command to view MAC address configuration for the bridge interface. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Mac -
Page 38: Interfaces Bridge
Use the delete form of this command to restore the default state of STP on a bridge group; that is, STP is disabled.. Use the show form of this command to view the STP configuration on a bridge group. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree -
Page 39: Interfaces Bridge
The forwarding-delay applies to ports in STP mode and RSTP ports that are neither edge ports nor point-to-point ports. Modes Configuration mode Configuration Statement interfaces { bridge brx { spanning-tree { forwarding-delay delay Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree Forwarding-Delay - Page 40 Use the set form of this command to specify the length of time that the bridge spends in the listening and learning state after a topology change. Use the delete form of this command to restore the default forwarding-delay configuration. Use the show form of this command to view the forwarding-delay configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 41: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to specify the "hello packet" advertisement interval. Use the delete form of this command to restore the default hello-time configuration. Use the show form of this command to view the hello-time configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree Hello-Time -
Page 42: Interfaces Bridge
Use this command to specify the interval at which neighbor bridges are removed. Use the set form of this command to specify the maximum age interval. Use the delete form of this command to restore the default maximum age interval configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree Max-Age - Page 43 Bridge Group Commands Use the show form of this command to view the maximum age interval configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 44: Interfaces Bridge
Use the set form of this command to specify the forwarding priority of this bridge in the spanning tree. Use the delete form of this command to restore the default priority configuration. Use the show form of this command to view the priority configuration. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree Priority -
Page 45: Interfaces Bridge
Use the delete form of this command to delete the number of BPDUs that the bridge can send each second. Use the show form of this command to display the number of BPDUs that the bridge can send each second. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree Tx-Hold-Count -
Page 46: Interfaces Bridge
STP (STP version 0) BPDUs. A port remains in this state even after the STP bridge is removed. To revert a port to RSTP mode, use the clear bridge brx spanning-tree version command. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree Version -
Page 47: Monitor Interfaces Bridge
Monitors traffic to the vRouter. Syntax monitor interfaces bridge brx Parameters Bridge group ID. Modes Operational mode Configuration Statement monitor interfaces bridge Usage Guidelines Use this command to monitor traffic to the vRouter and traffic forwarding. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 48: Show Bridge
Examples The following example shows how to display the details about the br0 bridge group. vyatta@R$ show bridge br0 bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces (port) 8.000.52:54:00:00:01:01 dp0p1s1 (2) dp0p1s2 (1) Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 49: Show Bridge
The following example shows how to display the FDB of MAC addresses for the br0 bridge group. vyatta@R$ show bridge br0 macs Interface (port) MAC Address Type dp0p1s3 (1) 12:f7:71:97:4d:43 dynamic 0 dp0p1s1 (2) 5a:d2:19:f7:f9:3d dynamic 0 Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Macs -
Page 50: Show Bridge
The following example shows how to display the record from the FDB of bridge MAC addresses the record that matches the 26:ef:f7:6d:4b:5f MAC address of the br0 bridge. show bridge br0 macs mac-address 26:ef:f7:6d:4b:5f Interface (port) MAC Address Type dp0p1s4 (1) 26:ef:f7:6d:4b:5f dynamic Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Macs Mac-Address -
Page 51: Show Bridge
The following example shows how to display from the FDB of bridge MAC address the records that match a port dp0p1s4 in the br0 bridge. show bridge br0 macs port dp0p1s4 Interface (port) MAC Address Type dp0p1s4 (1) 26:ef:f7:6d:4b:5f dynamic dp0p1s4 (1) 72:ea:4b:ea:70:03 dynamic dp0p1s4 (1) ba:43:7f:c3:75:2c dynamic Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Macs Port -
Page 52: Show Bridge
The following example shows how to display from the FDB of bridge MAC address the records that match the dp0p1s4 bridge interface port and 26:ef:f7:6d:4b:5f MAC address for the br0 bridge. show bridge br0 macs port dp0p1s4 mac-address 26:ef:f7:6d:4b:5f Interface (port) MAC Address Type dp0p1s4 (1) 26:ef:f7:6d:4b:5f dynamic Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Macs Port Mac-Address -
Page 53: Show Bridge
Bridge ID 8.000.52:54:00:00:02:01 Port State Role Cost Prio Type dp0p1s1 (2) forwarding Root 2000 rstp dp0p1s2 (3) discarding Altn 2000 rstp dp0p1s3 (4) discarding Back 2000 rstp dp0s8 (1) forwarding Desg 2000 rstp Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree - Page 54 BA inconsistent Num sent BPDU Num send TCN Num rcvd BPDU 6487 Num rcvd TCN Num Transition FWD 0 Num Transition BLK Rcvd BPDU none Send RSTP Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 55: Show Bridge
15 tx hold count max hops hello time ageing time time since topology change 12931 topology change count topology change topology change port dp0p1s3 (1) last topology change port dp0p1s3 (1) Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree Bridge - Page 56 The following example shows how to display a summary of spanning tree information for the br0 bridge-group. vyatta@R1$ show bridge br0 spanning-tree bridge brief Bridge Designated Root 8.000.52:54:00:00:01:01 Designated Root Cost 8000 Designated Root Port dp0p1s1 (2) Bridge ID 8.000.52:54:00:00:02:01 Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 57: Show Bridge
BA inconsistent Num sent BPDU Num sent TCN Num rcvd BPDU 6487 Num rcvd TCN Num Transition FWD 1 Num Transition BLK Rcvd BPDU none Send RSTP Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Spanning-Tree Port - Page 58 Bridge Group Commands Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 59: Bridge Interface Commands
Bridge Interface Commands ∙ clear interfaces bridge counters....................................60 ∙ interfaces dataplane <interface-name> bridge-group............................61 ∙ interfaces dataplane <interface> vif <vif-id> bridge-group.........................63 ∙ show interfaces bridge........................................65 ∙ monitor interfaces bridge <brx>....................................66 Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 60: Clear Interfaces Bridge Counters
The identifier for the interface whose bridging counters you wish to clear. This can be any interface on which bridging is supported. Modes Operational mode Usage Guidelines Use this command to clear statistics on bridge interfaces. If no interface is specified, then bridge statistics are cleared on all interfaces. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 61: Interfaces Dataplane
Enable the point-to-point operational status. priority The path priority for the interface within its bridge group. The range is 0 to 63. The default is 0. restrict-tcn Restricts propagation of topology change notifications for the spanning tree. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Bridge-Group - Page 62 Use the delete form of this command to remove the interface from the bridge group, or to restore default values for cost and priority. Use the show form of this command to view interface configuration for bridging. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 63: Interfaces Dataplane
The path priority for the interface within its bridge group. The range is 0 to 15. The default is 8. restrict-tcn Restricts propagation of topology change notifications for Spanning Tree. root-block Restricts the ability of ports to assume the Spanning Tree root role. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...Vif Bridge-Group - Page 64 Use the delete form of this command to remove the interface from the bridge group, or to restore default values. Use the show form of this command to view interface configuration for bridging. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 65: Show Interfaces Bridge
Use this command to display information about configured bridge interfaces. When used with no option, this command displays information about all active bridge interfaces. When the identifier of a bridge group is provided, this command displays information for the specified bridge group. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 66: Monitor Interfaces Bridge
Monitors traffic to the vRouter. Syntax monitor interfaces bridge brx Parameters Bridge group ID. Modes Operational mode Configuration Statement monitor interfaces bridge Usage Guidelines Use this command to monitor traffic to the vRouter and traffic forwarding. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... -
Page 67: Supported Interface Types
: The identifier of a tunnel interface you are defining. The Tunnel tunnel x , where x is a nonnegative identifier ranges from tun0 through tun integer. tunx parameters tunnel Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... - Page 68 The name of a VRRP interface is not specified. The system internally constructs the interface name from the parent interface identifier plus the VRRP group number; for example, dp0p1p2v99. Note that VRRP interfaces support the same feature set as does the parent interface. Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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Page 69: List Of Acronyms
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Exterior Gateway Protocol ECMP equal-cost multipath Encapsulating Security Payload Forwarding Information Base File Transfer Protocol Generic Routing Encapsulation HDLC High-Level Data Link Control Input/Output ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol Intrusion Detection System Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01... - Page 70 OSPF Version 2 OSPFv3 OSPF Version 3 Pluggable Authentication Module Password Authentication Protocol Port Address Translation peripheral component interconnect Protocol Independent Multicast PIM-DM PIM Dense Mode PIM-SM PIM Sparse Mode Public Key Infrastructure Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
- Page 71 User Datagram Protocol virtual hard disk virtual interface VLAN virtual LAN Amazon virtual private cloud virtual private network VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol wide area network wireless access point Wired Protected Access Brocade 5600 vRouter Bridging Configuration Guide 53-1004250-01...
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