Brocade Communications Systems Converged Enhanced Ethernet 53-1002163-02 - Manual (Page 8)

viii Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide
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VLAN configuration and management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Enabling and disabling an interface port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Configuring the MTU on an interface port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Creating a VLAN interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Enabling STP on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Disabling STP on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Configuring a VLAN interface to forward FCoE traffic . . . . . . . .49
Configuring an interface port as a Layer 2 switch port . . . . . . .50
Configuring an interface port as an access interface . . . . . . . .50
Configuring an interface port as a trunk interface . . . . . . . . . .50
Disabling a VLAN on a trunk interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuring an interface port as a converged interface . . . . . . 51
Disabling a VLAN on a converged interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Configuring a VLAN classifier rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Configuring MAC address-based VLAN classifier rules . . . . . . .53
Deleting a VLAN classifier rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Creating a VLAN classifier group and adding rules . . . . . . . . . .53
Activating a VLAN classifier group with an interface port . . . . .54
Clearing VLAN counter statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Displaying VLAN information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Configuring the MAC address table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Specifying or disabling the aging time for MAC addresses . . . .55
Adding static addresses to the MAC address table. . . . . . . . . .55
Chapter 7 Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
STP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configuring STP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
RSTP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
MSTP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Configuring MSTP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions . . .63
Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63