Fast Path Configuration And Monitoring - HP Integrity rx2800 - i2 White Paper

Figure 4-1 1 Fast Path configuration and monitoring
Fast Path has two Spanning Tree Protocol configuration options:
• Enabled or disabled, as discussed in the previous section
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) type
Both of these settings are located on the Advanced Redundancy tab in NCU. Refer to
There are two predominate Spanning Tree Protocols (STP) in use today. They are IEEE 802.1D
Spanning Tree Protocol and Cisco® Per VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) Protocol. The Fast
Path implementer should choose which version of Spanning Tree is in use on the attached
network.
If IEEE 802.1D is chosen under the Fast Path configuration section, the teaming driver configures
the teamed ports to listen for IEEE 802.1D BPDUs. This involves registering, in hardware, a
specific multicast MAC address (01-80-C2-00-00-00) on all teamed ports and monitoring for
Spanning Tree frames in the IEEE 802.1D frame format. Since the IEEE 802.1D STP is VLAN
unaware, it is not necessary to configure the VLAN for Fast Path to listen to.
If Cisco PVST+ is chosen under the Fast Path configuration section, the teaming driver configures
the teamed ports to listen for Cisco PVST+ BPDUs. This involves registering, in hardware, a
specific multicast MAC address (01-00-0C-CC-CC-CD) on all teamed ports and monitoring for
Spanning Tree frames in Cisco PVST+ frame format. Since Cisco PVST+ is VLAN aware,
configuring the VLAN for PVST+ to monitor may be necessary. By default, Fast Path using Cisco
PVST+ will monitor the first VLAN configured on the team. The VLAN monitored by Fast Path
can be changed on the VLAN configuration tab in NCU.
HP recommends the following when configuring Fast Path environments:
Types of HP Integrity Network Adapter Teams
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