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Configuring the MAC address table

Overview

How a MAC address entry is created

Types of MAC address entries

MAC address table configuration task list

Configuring MAC address entries

Configuration guidelines

Adding or modifying a static or dynamic MAC address entry globally

Adding or modifying a static or dynamic MAC address entry on an interface

Adding or modifying a blackhole MAC address entry

Setting the aging timer for dynamic MAC address entries

Setting the MAC learning limit on an interface

Configuring the unknown frame forwarding rule after the MAC learning limit is reached

Assigning MAC learning priority to interfaces

Displaying and maintaining the MAC address table

MAC address table configuration example

Network requirements

Configuration procedure

Verifying the configuration

Configuring Ethernet link aggregation

Overview

Ethernet link aggregation application scenario

Aggregation group, member port, and aggregate interface

Aggregation states of member ports in an aggregation group

Operational key

Configuration types

Link aggregation modes

How static link aggregation works

LACP

How dynamic link aggregation works

Edge aggregate interface

Load sharing modes for link aggregation groups

Ethernet link aggregation configuration task list

Configuring an aggregation group

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuring a Layer 2 aggregation group

Configuring a Layer 3 aggregation group

Configuring an aggregate interface

Configuring the description of an aggregate interface

Specifying ignored VLANs for a Layer 2 aggregate interface

Setting the MTU for a Layer 3 aggregate interface

Specifying a traffic processing slot for a Layer 3 aggregate interface

Setting the minimum and maximum numbers of Selected ports for an aggregation group

Setting the expected bandwidth for an aggregate interface

Configuring an edge aggregate interface

Enabling BFD for an aggregation group

Shutting down an aggregate interface

Restoring the default settings for an aggregate interface

Configuring load sharing for link aggregation groups

Setting load sharing modes for link aggregation groups

Enabling local-first load sharing for link aggregation

Enabling link-aggregation traffic redirection

Configuration procedure

Displaying and maintaining Ethernet link aggregation

Ethernet link aggregation configuration examples

Layer 2 static aggregation configuration example

Layer 2 dynamic aggregation configuration example

Layer 2 aggregation load sharing configuration example

Layer 2 edge aggregate interface configuration example

Layer 3 static aggregation configuration example

Layer 3 dynamic aggregation configuration example

Layer 3 aggregation load sharing configuration example

Layer 3 edge aggregate interface configuration example

Configuring VLANs

Overview

VLAN frame encapsulation

Protocols and standards

Configuring basic VLAN settings

Configuring VLAN interfaces

Configuring port-based VLANs

Introduction

Assigning an access port to a VLAN

Assigning a trunk port to a VLAN

Assigning a hybrid port to a VLAN

Displaying and maintaining VLANs

Port-based VLAN configuration example

Configuring VLAN termination

Overview

VLAN termination types

VLAN termination application scenarios

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

VLAN termination configuration task list

Configuring Dot1q termination

Configuring ambiguous Dot1q termination

Configuring unambiguous Dot1q termination

Configuring QinQ termination

Configuring ambiguous QinQ termination

Configuring unambiguous QinQ termination

Configuring untagged termination

Configuring default termination

Enabling a VLAN termination-enabled interface to transmit broadcasts and multicasts

Configuring the TPID for VLAN-tagged packets

VLAN termination configuration examples

Unambiguous Dot1q termination configuration example

Ambiguous Dot1q termination configuration example

Configuration example for Dot1q termination supporting PPPoE server

Unambiguous QinQ termination configuration example

Ambiguous QinQ termination configuration example

Configuration example for QinQ termination supporting PPPoE server

Configuration example for QinQ termination supporting DHCP relay

Configuring spanning tree protocols

STP

STP protocol frames

Basic concepts in STP

Calculation process of the STP algorithm

RSTP

RSTP protocol frames

Basic concepts in RSTP

How RSTP works

RSTP BPDU processing

MSTP

MSTP features

MSTP protocol frames

MSTP basic concepts

How MSTP works

MSTP implementation on devices

Rapid transition mechanism

Protocols and standards

Spanning tree configuration task lists

STP configuration task list

RSTP configuration task list

MSTP configuration task list

Setting the spanning tree mode

Configuring an MST region

Configuring the root bridge or a secondary root bridge

Configuring the current device as the root bridge of a specific spanning tree

Configuring the current device as a secondary root bridge of a specific spanning tree

Configuring the device priority

Configuring the maximum hops of an MST region

Configuring the network diameter of a switched network

Setting spanning tree timers

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration procedure

Setting the timeout factor

Configuring the BPDU transmission rate

Configuring edge ports

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration procedure

Configuring path costs of ports

Specifying a standard for the device to use when it calculates the default path cost

Configuring path costs of ports

Configuration example

Configuring the port priority

Configuring the port link type

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration procedure

Configuring the mode a port uses to recognize and send MSTP frames

Enabling outputting port state transition information

Enabling the spanning tree feature

Enabling the spanning tree feature in STP/RSTP/MSTP mode

Performing mCheck

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Performing mCheck globally

Performing mCheck in interface view

Configuring Digest Snooping

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration procedure

Digest Snooping configuration example

Configuring No Agreement Check

Configuration prerequisites

Configuration procedure

No Agreement Check configuration example

Configuring TC Snooping

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration procedure

Configuring protection features

Enabling BPDU guard

Enabling root guard

Enabling loop guard

Configuring port role restriction

Configuring TC-BPDU transmission restriction

Enabling TC-BPDU guard

Enabling BPDU drop

Enabling PVST BPDU guard

Enabling SNMP notifications for new-root election and topology change events

Displaying and maintaining the spanning tree

Spanning tree configuration example

MSTP configuration example

Configuring LLDP

Overview

Basic concepts

Working mechanism

Protocols and standards

Feature and hardware compatibility

LLDP configuration task list

Performing basic LLDP configurations

Enabling LLDP

Setting the LLDP bridge mode

Setting the LLDP operating mode

Setting the LLDP reinitialization delay

Enabling LLDP polling

Configuring the advertisable TLVs

Configuring the management address and its encoding format

Setting other LLDP parameters

Setting an encapsulation format for LLDP frames

Disabling LLDP PVID inconsistency check

Configuring LLDP trapping and LLDP-MED trapping

Setting the source MAC address of LLDP frames to the MAC address of the subinterface associated with the specified VLAN

Enabling the device to generate ARP or ND entries for received management address LLDP TLVs

Displaying and maintaining LLDP

LLDP configuration examples

Basic LLDP configuration example

Document conventions and icons

Conventions

Network topology icons

Support and other resources

Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support

Accessing updates

Websites

Customer self repair

Remote support

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