Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 - Manual (Page 12)

RSTP...............................................................................................408
MSTP.............................................................................................. 409
PVST+ and Rapid PVST+ ..............................................................410
Spanning Tree Protocol and VCS mode.........................................411
Configuring and managing STP and STP variants..................................... 412
Understanding the default STP configuration................................. 412
Saving configuration changes.........................................................413
Configuring basic STP.................................................................... 414
Configuring RSTP .......................................................................... 415
Configuring MSTP ..........................................................................416
Configuring PVST+ or R-PVST+.....................................................419
Enabling STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST+ or R-PVST+.........................419
Disabling STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST+, or R-PVST+.......................419
Shutting down STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST+, or R-PVST+ globally..420
Specifying bridge parameters......................................................... 420
Configuring STP timers...................................................................422
Specifying the port-channel path cost.............................................423
Specifying the transmit hold count (RSTP, MSTP, and R-PVST+).423
Clearing spanning tree counters..................................................... 424
Clearing spanning tree-detected protocols..................................... 424
Displaying STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST+, or R-PVST+ information.. 424
Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on DCB interface ports.............424
Configuring DiST.............................................................................431
Configuring UDLD............................................................................................................... 433
UDLD overview........................................................................................... 433
UDLD requirements........................................................................ 433
How UDLD works............................................................................433
Configuring UDLD.......................................................................................435
Other UDLD-related commands..................................................................435
Configuring Link Aggregation ..............................................................................................437
Link aggregation overview.......................................................................... 437
Link Aggregation Control Protocol.................................................. 437
Brocade-proprietary aggregation.................................................... 438
LAG distribution process and conditions.........................................438
Virtual LAGs ...................................................................................439
Link aggregation setup................................................................................439
vLAG configuration overview.......................................................... 440
Configuring load balancing on a remote RBridge........................... 443
Configuring and managing LACP................................................... 444
Configuring LLDP ............................................................................................................... 449
LLDP overview............................................................................................449
Layer 2 topology mapping...............................................................449
DCBX.............................................................................................. 451
LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions...............................452
Configuring and managing LLDP................................................................453
Understanding the default LLDP.....................................................453
Enabling LLDP globally...................................................................453
Disabling LLDP globally.................................................................. 453
Resetting LLDP globally..................................................................454
Configuring LLDP global command options....................................454
Configuring LLDP interface-level command options.......................458
Displaying LLDP-related information...............................................458
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