Nortel 8300 User Manual page 6

6 Contents
How SMLT works 38
Inter-Switch Trunks 40
CP-Limit and SMLT IST 41
Traffic flow in an SMLT environment 42
Single port SMLT 44
SMLT topologies 45
Using MLT-based SMLT with single port SMLT 49
SMLT network design considerations 50
SMLT and VRRP backup master 51
Simple Loop Prevention Protocol 52
Port auto recovery 54
VLAN, STG, and link aggregation feature support 55
Configuring VLANs
Understanding VLAN ports 57
Displaying defined VLANs 58
Creating a VLAN 60
Creating a port-based VLAN 61
Configuring an IP address for a VLAN 62
Creating a protocol-based VLAN 63
Configuring user-defined protocol-based VLANs 66
Managing a VLAN 68
Changing VLAN port membership 68
Configuring advanced VLAN features 69
Configuring a MAC address for auto-learning on a VLAN 73
Managing the VLAN forwarding database 76
Configuring aging in the VLAN forwarding database 76
Configuring static forwarding 80
Configuring VLAN forwarding database filters 83
Configuring Layer 2 multicast MAC filtering 85
Configuring port auto recovery 87
Configuring auto recovery delay time 87
Enabling or disabling port auto recovery for a single port 88
Enabling or disabling port auto recovery for multiple ports 89
Configuring Spanning Tree Group
Configuring Simple Loop Prevention Protocol 103
Configuring SLPP globally 103
Configuring the SLPP by VLAN 104
Configuring the SLPP by port 106
Configuring static link aggregation
Link aggregation traffic distribution 109
Adding a link aggregation group 110
Viewing link aggregation interface statistics 114
Configuring SMLT 120
Configuration - VLANs, Spanning Tree, and Static Link Aggregation using Device Manager
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