Intel® NetStructure™ 480T Routing Switch User Guide
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How FDB Entries Get Added................................... 121
Associating a QoS Profile with an FDB Entry.......... 122
Configuring FDB Entries ........... ..................................122
FDB Configuration Examples 123
Displaying FDB Entries .. ............................................. 124
Removing FDB Entries .................... ............................124
9: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) .....125
Overview of Spanning Tree Protocol .........................125
Spanning Tree Domains .............................................125
STP Configurations .................................................. ...126
Configuring STP ........................................ .............. 129
STP Configuration Example ........................... ......... 132
Displaying STP Settings .............................................132
Disabling and Resetting STP ......................................133
10: Quality of Service (QoS) ............ 135
Overview of Policy-Based Quality of Service ...........135
Random Early Detection.......................................... 136
Policy-Based Routing and Route Load Sharing...... 136
Performance Impact ....................................................136
Applications and Types of QoS .................................137
Voice Applications ................................... ................ 137
Video Applications................................................... 137
Critical Database Applications................................. 138
Web Browsing Applications ..................................... 138
File Server Applications. .......................................... 139
Building Blocks ...........................................................139
Assigning QoS Attributes ..... .....................................139
QoS Profiles ......... ....................................................... .140
Configuring a QoS Profile ........................................ 142
Modifying a QoS Profile ........................................... 144
Traffic Groupings and Creating a QoS Policy ..........144
IP-Based Traffic Groupings..................................... 145
MAC-Based Traffic Groupings................................. 145
Permanent MAC Addresses ....................................146
Dynamic MAC Addresses ...... ..................................146
Blackhole MAC Address .......................................... 146
Broadcast/Unknown Rate Limiting MAC Address ... 147
Verifying MAC-Based QoS Settings ........................ 147