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Chapter 36 Configuring Fallback Bridging
Configuring Fallback Bridging
Configuring Fallback Bridging
These sections describe how to configure fallback bridging on your switch:
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Default Fallback Bridging Configuration, page 36-3
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Fallback Bridging Configuration Guidelines, page 36-3
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Creating a Bridge Group, page 36-4
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Preventing the Forwarding of Dynamically Learned Stations, page 36-5
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Configuring the Bridge Table Aging Time, page 36-6
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Filtering Frames by a Specific MAC Address, page 36-6
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Adjusting Spanning-Tree Parameters, page 36-7
Default Fallback Bridging Configuration
shows the default fallback bridging configuration.
Fallback Bridging Configuration Guidelines
A maximum of 31 bridge groups can be configured on the switch.
An interface (an SVI or routed port) can be a member of only one bridge group.
Use a bridge group for each separately bridged (topologically distinct) network connected to the switch.
Table 36-1 Default Fallback Bridging Configuration
Feature
Default Setting
Bridge groups
None are defined or assigned to an interface. No
VLAN-bridge STP is defined.
Switch forwards frames for stations that it has
dynamically learned
Enabled.
Bridge table aging time for dynamic entries
300 seconds.
MAC-layer frame filtering
Disabled.
Spanning tree parameters:
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Switch priority
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Interface priority
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Interface path cost
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Hello BPDU interval
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Forward-delay interval
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Maximum idle interval
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32768.
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128.
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10 Mbps: 100.
100 Mbps: 19.
1000 Mbps: 4.
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2 seconds.
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20 seconds.
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30 seconds.