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Using VLANs

Static VLAN operation

VLAN environments

VLAN operation

General VLAN operation

Types of static VLANs available in the switch

Multiple port-based VLANs

Protocol VLAN environment

Routing options for VLANs

802.1Q VLAN tagging

Introducing tagged VLANs into legacy networks running only untagged VLANs

VLAN tagging rules

Applying VLAN tagging

Additional VLAN tagging considerations

Multiple VLAN considerations

Single forwarding database operation

Correcting an unsupported configuration

Connecting an HP Switch to another switch with a multiple forwarding database (Example)

Configuring VLANs

Per-port static VLAN configuration options example

Using the Menu to configure port-based VLAN parameters

Changing VLAN support settings (Menu)

Adding or editing VLAN names (Menu)

Adding or changing a VLAN port assignment (Menu)

Using the CLI to configure port-based and protocol-based VLAN parameters

Creating a new static VLAN (port-based or protocol-based) (CLI)

Configuring or changing static VLAN per-port settings (CLI)

Converting a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN (CLI)

Deleting a static VLAN (CLI)

Deleting multiple VLANs

Using IP enable/disable for all VLANs

Interaction with other features

Interactions with DHCP

Changing the Primary VLAN (CLI)

Configuring a secure Management VLAN (CLI)

Preparation

Configuring an existing VLAN as the Management VLAN (CLI)

Obtaining an IP address using DHCP (CLI)

Disabling the Management feature (CLI)

Changing the number of VLANs allowed on the switch (CLI)

Displaying a switch VLAN configuration

Viewing the VLAN membership of one or more ports (CLI)

Viewing the configuration for a particular VLAN (CLI)

Customizing the show VLANs output (CLI)

Using pattern matching with the show VLANs custom command

Creating an alias for show VLAN commands (CLI)

Configuring a VLAN MAC address with heartbeat interval

Displaying a VLAN MAC address configuration (CLI)

Using voice VLANs

Operating rules for voice VLANs

Components of voice VLAN operation

Voice VLAN access security

Prioritizing voice VLAN QoS (Optional)

Special VLAN types

VLAN support and the default VLAN

The primary VLAN

The secure Management VLAN

Operating notes for Management VLANs

VLAN operating notes

Effects of VLANs on other switch features

Spanning Tree operation with VLANs

Spanning Tree operates differently in different devices

IP interfaces

VLAN MAC address

Port trunks

Port monitoring

Jumbo packet support

VLAN restrictions

Migrating Layer 3 VLANs using VLAN MAC configuration

VLAN MAC address reconfiguration

Handling incoming and outgoing VLAN Traffic

Incoming VLAN data packets and ARP requests

Outgoing VLAN traffic

Sending heartbeat packets with a configured MAC Address

Displaying a VLAN MAC address configuration (CLI)

GVRP

Using GVRP

Planning for GVRP operation

Displaying switch current GVRP configuration (CLI)

Displaying switch current GVRP configuration (CLI)

Viewing and configuring GVRP (Menu)

Enabling and disabling GVRP on the switch (CLI)

Controlling how individual ports handle advertisements for new VLANs (CLI)

Listing static and dynamic VLANs on a GVRP-enabled switch (CLI)

Converting a Dynamic VLAN to a Static VLAN (CLI)

About GVRP

GVRP operational rules

Example of GVRP operation

Options for a GVRP-aware port receiving advertisements

Options for a port belonging to a Tagged or Untagged static VLAN

IP addressing

Per-port options for handling GVRP "unknown VLANs"

Per-port options for dynamic VLAN advertising and joining

Initiating advertisements

Enabling a port for dynamic joins

Parameters for controlling VLAN propagation behavior

GVRP and VLAN access control

Advertisements and dynamic joins

Port-Leave from a dynamic VLAN

Multiple Instance Spanning Tree Operation

Planning an MSTP application

Configuring MSTP at a glance

Configuring MSTP operation mode and global settings

Selecting MSTP as the spanning tree mode

Clearing spanning tree debug counters

Resetting the configuration name of the MST region in which a switch resides

Designating the revision number of the MST region for a switch

Setting the spanning tree compatibility mode

Setting the time interval between listening, learning and forwarding states

Setting spanning tree to operate in 802. ID legacy mode

Setting spanning tree to operate with 802. ID legacy path cost values

Specifying the time interval between BPDU transmissions

Setting the hop limit for BPDUs

Setting the maximum age of received STP information

Manipulating the pending MSTP configuration

Setting the bridge priority for a region and determining the root switch

Enabling SNMP traps

Configuring MSTP per-port parameters

Enabling immediate transition to forwarding on end nodes

Identifying edge ports automatically

Specifying the interval between BPDU transmissions

Forcing a port to send RST/MST BPDUs

Determining which ports are forwarding ports by assigning port cost

Informing the switch of the device type to which a port connects

Determining which port to use for forwarding

Denying a port the role of root port

Denying a port propagation change information

Configuring BPDU filtering

Displaying BPDU filtering

Enabling and disabling BPDU protection

Displaying BPDU protection status

Configuring PVST

Enabling and disabling PVST protection on ports

Enabling and disabling PVST filters on ports

Re-enabling a port manually

Displaying ports configured with PVST protection and filtering

Listing ports to see which have PVST protection or filtering enabled

Configuring MST instances

Configuring MST instance parameters

Setting the bridge priority for an instance

Configuring MST instance per-port parameters

Assigning a port cost for an MST instance

Setting the priority for a port in a specified MST instance

Setting the priority for specified ports for the IST

Enabling or disabling spanning tree operation

Enabling an entire MST region at once or exchanging one region configuration for another

Creating a pending MSTP configuration

MSTP topologies

Preconfiguring an MSTP regional topology

Preconfiguring VLANs in an MST instance

Configuring MSTP instances with the VLAN range option (Example)

Saving the current configuration before a software upgrade

Displaying MSTP statistics

Displaying global MSTP status

Displaying detailed port information

Displaying status for a specific MST instance

Displaying the MSTP configuration

Displaying the global MSTP configuration

Displaying per-instance MSTP configurations

Displaying the region-level configuration

Displaying the pending MSTP configuration

Configuring loop protection

Enabling loop protection in port mode

Enabling loop protection in VLAN mode

Changing modes for loop protection

Displaying loop protection status

Displaying loop protection status in VLAN mode

STP loop guard

Troubleshooting an MSTP configuration

Displaying the change history of root bridges

Enabling traps and displaying trap configuration

Displaying debug counters for all MST instances

Displaying debug counters for one MST instance

Displaying debug counters for ports in an MST instance

Field descriptions in MSTP debug command output

Troubleshooting MSTP operation

About MSTP

Overview

MSTP structure

How MSTP operates

802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

Types of Multiple Spanning Tree Instances

Operating rules

Operating notes for the VLAN configuration enhancement

MSTP compatibility with RSTP or STP

PVST protection and filtering

Loop protection

Operating notes

Quality of Service (QoS): Managing bandwidth effectively

Introduction

Using QoS to classify and prioritize network traffic

Applying QoS to inbound traffic at the network edge

Preserving QoS in outbound traffic in a VLAN

Using QoS to optimize existing network resources

Using classifier-based QoS to provide additional policy actions and aid migration in networks with legacy and OEM devices

QoS operation

Globally-configured QoS

QoS packet classification

Globally-configured packet classification

QoS traffic marking

Globally-configured traffic marking

Layer 2 802.1p prioritization

Layer 3 DSCP marking

VLAN and untagged VLAN environments

Classifier-based traffic marking

Globally-configured QoS

Global QoS configuration procedure

Viewing a global QoS configuration

No override

Global QoS restrictions

Global TCP/UDP classifier

Global QoS classifier precedence: 1

Viewing resource usage for QoS policies

Global IP-device classifier

Global QoS classifier precedence: 2

Assigning a priority for a global IP-device classifier

Assigning a DSCP policy for a global IP-device classifier

Global IP Type-of-Service classifier

Global QoS classifier precedence: 3

IPv4 ToS Traffic Class byte

Assigning an 802.1p priority for a global IP-precedence classifier

Assigning an 802.1p priority for a Global IP-Diffserv classifier

Assigning a DSCP policy for a Global IP-Diffserv classifier

Comparing global IP ToS classifiers

Global Layer-3 protocol classifier

Global QoS classifier precedence: 4

Assigning a priority for a global Layer-3 protocol classifier

Global VLAN-ID (VID) classifier

Global QoS classifier precedence: 5

Options for assigning priority

Assigning a priority for a global VID classifier

Assigning a DSCP policy for a global VID classifier

QoS source-port classifier

Global QoS classifier precedence: 6

Options for assigning priority on the switch

Options for assigning priority from a RADIUS server

Assigning a priority for a global source-port classifier

Assigning a DSCP policy for a global source-port classifier

Differentiated Services Codepoint (DSCP) mapping

Default priority settings for selected codepoints

Quickly listing non-default codepoint settings

Note on changing a priority setting

Error messages for DSCP policy changes

Changing the priority setting on a policy when one or more classifiers are currently using the policy (example)

Configuring traffic templates

Displaying traffic template information

Creating a traffic template

Configuring traffic groups within a traffic template

Moving a priority from one traffic group to another

Applying a traffic template

Applying a traffic template using 8 queues

QoS queue configuration

Mapping of outbound port queues

Impact of QoS queue configuration on guaranteed minimum bandwidth (GMB)

Configuring the number of priority queues

Viewing the QoS queue configuration

Rapid per-VLAN spanning tree (RPVST+) operation

Overview

General steps for configuring RPVST+

Configuring RPVST+

Selecting RPVST+ as the spanning tree mode

Configuring global spanning tree

Configuring per-VLAN spanning tree

Configuring per-port per-VLAN spanning tree

Configuring per-port spanning tree

Enabling or disabling RPVST+ spanning tree

BPDU filtering

Viewing BPDU filtering

Configuring and managing BPDU protection

Viewing BPDU protection status

Re-enabling a port blocked by BPDU protection

Allowing traffic on VLAN ID (PVID) mismatched links

Configuring STP loop guard

Displaying RPVST+ statistics and configuration

Displaying RPVST+ global statistics

Displaying global and VLAN spanning tree status

Displaying status for a specific VLAN

Displaying status for a specific port list

Displaying status per-port per-VLAN

Displaying BPDU status and related information

Displaying RPVST+ VLAN and vPort system limits

Displaying the RPVST+ configuration

Displaying the global RPVST+ configuration

Displaying the global RPVST+ configuration per VLAN

Displaying the global RPVST+ configuration per port

Displaying the global RPVST+ configuration per port per VLAN

Troubleshooting an RPVST+ configuration

Displaying the change history of root bridges

Enabling traps and displaying trap configuration

Displaying debug counters for all VLAN instances

Displaying debug counters per-VLAN

Displaying debug counters per-port per-VLAN

Field descriptions for RPVST+ debug command output

RPVST+ event log messages

Using RPVST+ debug

About RPVST+

Comparing spanning tree options

Understanding how RPVST+ operates

Working with the default RPVST+ configuration

Operating notes

Switch Stack Management

Introduction

Configuring stack management

Options for configuring a commander and candidates

Creating a stack (Overview)

Viewing stack status (CLI)

Viewing the status of an individual switch

Viewing the status of candidates the Commander has detected (CLI)

Viewing the status of all stack-enabled switches discovered in the IP subnet (CLI)

Viewing the status of the Commander and current members of the Commander’s stack (CLI)

Viewing stack status and configuring a Commander switch (Menu)

Configuring a Commander switch (CLI)

Making a switch a Commander (CLI)

Using a Member’s CLI to make the Member Commander of a new stack

Adding to a stack, or moving switches between stacks (CLI)

Manually adding a Candidate to a stack (Menu)

Moving a Member from one stack to another (Menu)

Using auto join on a Candidate (CLI)

Using a Candidate CLI to push the Candidate into a stack

Using the destination Commander CLI to pull a member from another stack

Using a Member CLI to push the Member into another stack

Converting a Commander to a Member of another stack (CLI)

Split stacking policy

Configuring merge stacking

Converting a Commander or Member to a Member of another stack (Commander Menu)

Removing a Member from a stack (CLI)

Removing a stack Member using the Commander’s CLI

Removing a stack Member using the Member’s CLI

Removing a stack Member (Menu)

Accessing Member switches for configuration changes and traffic monitoring (CLI)

Accessing Member switches for configuring changes and monitoring traffic (Commander Menu)

Disabling or re-enabling stacking (CLI)

Setting the transmission interval (CLI)

Managing a Candidate switch (Menu)

Pushing a switch into a stack, modifying the switch’s configuration, or disabling stacking on the switch (Menu)

Using the Commander to manage the stack

Monitoring stack status (Menu)

Using a stacked switch to view status for all switches with stacking enabled (Menu)

Viewing Commander status (Menu)

Viewing Member status, and a Commander’s IP and MAC addresses and status (Menu)

Viewing Candidate status (Menu)

About stack management

Components of HP Switch stack management

General stacking operation

Interface options

Operating rules for stacking

General rules

Specific rules

Stacking operation with multiple VLANs configured

Status messages

SNMP community operation in a stack

Community Membership

SNMP management station access to members via the Commander

BYOD-redirect

Introduction

Features

SNMP Interactions

Interoperability with other switch features

Interoperability with other vendors

Restrictions

Configuring

Creating a BYOD server

Associating a BYOD server

Creating a BYOD ACL rule

Implementing BYOD-redirect configuration

Show commands

Show portal server

Associating with the BYOD server on a specified VLAN

Support and other resources

Contacting HP

Subscription service

Typographic conventions

Documentation feedback