Alteon OS Command Reference

Table 6-28Layer 2 Configuration Menu (/cfg/l2)

Command Syntax and Usage

lacp

Displays the Link Aggregation Control Protocol Menu. To view menu options, see page 243.

failovr

Displays the Failover Configuration Menu. To view menu options, see page 245.

vlan <VLAN number (1-4095)>

Displays the VLAN Configuration Menu. To view menu options, see page 248.

pvstcomp enabledisable

Enables or disables VLAN tagging of spanning tree BPDUs. The default value is enabled.

bpdugrd enabledisable

Enables or disables BPDU guard, to avoid spanning-tree loops on ports with Port Fast Forwarding enabled (/cfg/port x/fastfwd ena).

macnotif enabledisable

Enables or disables MAC Address Notification. With MAC Address Notification enabled, the switch generates a syslog message when a MAC address is added or removed from the MAC address table.

upfast enabledisable

Enables or disables Fast Uplink Convergence, which provides rapid Spanning Tree convergence to an upstream switch during failover.

Note: When enabled, this feature increases bridge priorities to 65500 for all STGs and path cost by 3000 for all external STP ports.

update <10-200>

Configures the station update rate. The default value is 40.

cur

Displays current Layer 2 parameters.

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Nortel Networks BMD00007 manual Failovr, Pvstcomp enabledisable, Bpdugrd enabledisable, Macnotif enabledisable