Configuring Workgroups Using LCM
one of these ports, the MAC address and Workgroup pair is found in the database and sent to port 7. In our example, the packet was received on port 3 and paired with Workgroup Alpha (0x065).
Conversely when packets are received on other ports (Port 3 in this example) they also will have additional entries placed into the database. In this example when a packet is received on port 3, two entries will be placed into the database for its source address. One for Alpha (0x065) and one for the superset (0x06e).
Workgroups can be configured using either the console or SNMP. SNMP Workgroup Configuration is described in Chapter 6, Workgroup MIB Objects.
5.3 LCM WORKGROUP COMMANDS
The workgroup command allows you to group ports together to limit the scope of broadcast, multicast and unicast packets. If there are no user defined workgroups, one default group exists consisting of all ports. As workgroups become defined, ports are removed from the default group and added to the newly defined group.
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Workgroups are only valid in 802.1D mode.
The following is an example of the LCM workgroup command:
To display all workgroups, enter the command:
To create/add a workgroup, enter the command:
Name: alpha
Workgroup ID: 0x065
Ports: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
Name: omega
Workgroup ID: 0x066
Ports: 7, 8, 9,
