Spanning Switches with Port-Based VLANs 67

Tagged VLANs

69

 

 

 

Uses of Tagged VLANs

70

Assigning a VLAN Tag

70

Mixing Port-Based and Tagged VLANs 72

Protocol-Based VLANs

72

 

 

Predefined Protocol Filters

73

Defining Protocol Filters

 

74

Deleting a Protocol Filter

 

75

Precedence of Tagged Packets Over Protocol Filters 75

VLAN Names 75

 

 

 

Default VLAN

75

 

 

 

Configuring VLANs on the Switch

76

VLAN Configuration Examples

77

Displaying VLAN Settings

78

 

 

Deleting VLANs

79

 

 

 

5FORWARDING DATABASE (FDB)

Overview of the FDB

81

 

FDB Contents 81

 

FDB Entry Types

81

 

How FDB Entries Get Added

82

Associating a QoS Profile with an FDB Entry 82

Configuring FDB Entries 83

 

FDB Configuration Examples

83

Displaying FDB Entries

84

 

Removing FDB Entries

85

 

6SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL (STP)

Overview of the Spanning Tree Protocol 87

How STP Works

89

 

Initialization

89

 

Stabilization

90

 

Reconfiguration

90

Spanning Tree Domains

90

Defaults 91

 

 

STP Configurations

91

 

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