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Foundry NetIron M2404C and M2404F Metro Access Switches
Introduction (Rev. 03)
Document Organization
© 2008 Foundry Networks, Inc.
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Chapter 11:
Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) –
describes the IEEE standard 802.1D
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and explains how to configure it on the switch. STP is a Layer 2
link management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing undesirable loops in the
network.
Chapter 12:
Configuring Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) -
describes the IEEE standard
802.1W Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) and explains how to configure it on the switch.
RSTP performs the roles of the STP protocol considerably faster by utilizing point-to-point wiring
to provide rapid convergence of the spanning tree.
Chapter 13:
Configuring Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) -
explains how to
configure the IEEE standard 802.1S Multiple STP (MSTP) on the switch. MSTP carries the RSTP
concept a leap forward by allowing the user to group and associate VLANs to multiple spanning
tree instances over Link Aggregation Groups. Used in a VLAN environment, this added capability
affords rapid convergence as well as load balancing.
Chapter 14:
Configuring Multicast Layer 2
- provides information on the Multicast VLAN
Registration protocol designed for applications using wide-scale deployment of multicast traffic
across an Ethernet ring-based service provider network. Also included are GARP Multicast
Registration and IGMP Snooping along with information on how to configure these protocols.
Chapter 15:
Configuring Quality of Service (QoS) -
describes the QoS that allows the user to
specify different service levels for traffic that traverses the switch. Policy-based QoS is an effective
control mechanism for networks that have heterogeneous traffic patterns. Using Policy-based QoS,
the user can specify the service level for a traffic type or host.
Chapter 16:
Configuring Hierarchical Quality of Service (HQoS)
- explains how to configure
the HQoS feature.
Chapter 17:
Configuring Access Control List (ACL) -
explains how to create ACLs, traffic rate
limit, traffic redirection and how to obtain QoS by using ACL.
Chapter 18:
Configuring Routing Information
- describes the configuration and management
of routing and related protocols and features, such as ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP).
The chapter also describes Proxy ARP between subnets and the advantages and drawbacks of using
Proxy ARP, a broadcast directed to a specified network prefix and how to configure directed
broadcast.
Chapter 19:
Configuring Advanced Routing Information -
provides in-depth explanation of
the implementation of the Open Shortest Path First protocol. The chapter also includes information
about Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) that is intended to validate the operation of the
LSP or the IP routing neighbor.
Chapter 20:
Network Administration Tools
- describes the tools and utilities for installing,
monitoring and troubleshooting the network. The chapter includes information about 802.3ah
EFM-OAM functionality that provides reliable service assurance mechanisms both for provider
and for customer networks. Also, described are 802.1ag CFM functionality, which allows
monitoring of services, and MEF OAM, which provides connectivity tests. The chapter also
includes information about Response Time Reporter (RTR) and SAA (Service Assurance
Application), software that allows the user to monitor the performance of network-hosted
applications by emulating the traffic of these application.. SAA provides the capability of
controlling and provisioning various OAM tests and SAA monitoring.
Chapter 21:
Configuring SAA via SNMP
- describes how to configure SAA (Service Assurance
Application) via SNMP.
Chapter 22:
Configuring Remote Monitoring (RMON) -
explains how to configure the RMON
feature, which is used with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent in the switch,
to allow the user to monitor all the traffic flowing among switches on all connected LAN segments.