Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 885)

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Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP)
Table 113 displays the individual Brocade devices and the MVRP features they support.
Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol
Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP) is an MRP application that provides IEEE
802.1ak-compliant VLAN pruning and dynamic VLAN creation on switch ports. It allows dynamic
configuration of a VLAN over intermediate switches joining a set of access switches declaring a
particular VLAN. MVRP aware switches exchange VLAN configuration information and maintains a
dynamic reachability tree connecting all devices interested in a particular VLAN. MVRP VLAN
pruning, using the reach ability tree, limits the scope of unnecessary broadcast and unknown
unicast to a set of interested end devices only.
MVRP allows the propagation of VLAN information from device to device. With MVRP, an access
switch is manually configured with all the desired VLANs for the network, and all other switches on
the network learn those VLANs dynamically.
Enabling MVRP globally
MVRP must be enabled globally to allow the device to participate in the protocol.
Brocade(config)# mvrp enable
Syntax: [no] mvrp enable
MVRP is disabled by default.
Global Timer Configuration
Use the mvrp timer join value leave value leave-all value command to configure the join, leave and
leave-all timers at global level for MVRP.
Brocade(config)# mvrp timer join 400 leave 1400 leave-all 10000
TABLE 113 Supported Brocade MVRP features
Features
supported Brocade
NetIron
XMR Series Brocade
MLX Series Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
BASE
package Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
ME_PREM
package Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
L3_PREM
package Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Base
package Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Advanced
Services
package
Multiple VLAN
Registration
Protocol (MVRP) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes