Updates and Corrections for the Management and Configuration Guide

GVRP Does Not Require a Common VLAN

Delete the note at the top of page 9-78 in the Management and Configuration Guide. GVRP does not require a common VLAN (VID) connecting all of the GVRP-aware devices in the network to carry GVRP packets.

Incomplete Information on Saving Configuration Changes

Using the CLI to make a configuration change to the running-config file, then going to the Menu interface and making another configuration change, and then executing the Menu interface Save command saves all of your changes to the startup-config file. (At this point, the startup-config file and the running-config file will have identical configurations, and will contain all of the changes that you made in both interfaces.)

The second paragraph of the Note on page C-6 in the Management and Configuration Guide states that "Using the Save command in the menu interface will not save a change made to the running config by the CLI." This statement is true where you:

1.Make configuration changes in the CLI

2.Move to the Menu interface, but make no configuration changes while using the Menu interface.

3.Execute the Save command in a Menu interface screen.

However, the statement is not true if you make a configuration change in the Menu interface before going to step 3, above. See also "Switch Memory Operation" on page 216.

Update to Information on Duplicate MAC Addresses Across VLANs

On page 9-75 of the Management and Configuration Guide , the following information replaces the text in the fourth bullet from the top and the Note:

Duplicate MAC addresses on different VLANs are not supported and can cause VLAN operating problems. These duplicates are possible and common in situations involving Sun workstations with multiple network interface cards, with DECnet routers, the ProCurve routing switches (9304M, 9308M, and 6308M-SX), and with certain Hewlett-Packard routers using OS versions earlier than A.09.70 where any of the following are enabled: IPX, IP Host-Only, STP, XNS, DECnet, and possibly others. When in doubt, ask your router vendor under what conditions, if any, the router uses the same MAC address on more than one interface. Regarding the ProCurve routing switches, see the FAQ "Q: What is the recommended way to connect multiple VLANs between a routing switch and a layer 2 switch?" on the ProCurve Web site.

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