Chapter 9 Troubleshooting
Avoiding Configuration Conflicts
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Avoiding Configuration Conflicts
Certain combinations of port features conflict with one another. For example, if
you define a port as the network port for a VLAN, all unknown unicast and
multicast traffic is flooded to the port. You could not enable port security on the
network port because a secure port limits the traffic allowed on it.
In
Table 9-1
, no means that the two features are incompatible and that both should
not be enabled; yes means that both can be enabled at the same time and will not
cause an incompatibility conflict.
If you try to enable incompatible features by using CMS, CMS issues a warning
message that you are configuring a setting that is incompatible with another
setting, and the switch does not save the change.
Table 9-1
Conflicting Features
ATM
Port
1
1.
Catalyst 2900 XL switches only.
Port
Group
Port
Security
SPAN
Port
Multi-VLAN
Port
Network
Port
Connect
to
Cluster?
Protected
Port
ATM Port
N/A
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Port Group
No
–
No
No
Yes
Yes
2
2.
Cannot be in a destination-based port group.
Yes
Yes
Port Security
No
No
–
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
SPAN Port
No
3
3.
An Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) port cannot be a monitor port but can be monitored.
No
No
–
No
No
Yes
Yes
Multi-VLAN Port
No
Yes
No
No
–
Yes
Yes
Yes
Network Port
No
Yes
(source-
based
only)
No
No
Yes
–
No
4
4.
Cannot connect cluster members to the command switch.
Yes
Connect to
Cluster
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
–
Yes
Protected Port
No Yes
Yes
Yes
5
5.
Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) can operate only if the monitor port or the port being monitored is not a protected port.
Yes
No
Yes
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