Index
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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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disabling
12-9
autostate
configuring
exclude mode
12-7
track mode
12-8
displaying configuration
12-8
overview
12-6
exclude mode
12-6
normal mode
12-6
track mode
12-7
auxiliary VLANs
configuring
55-20
disabling auxiliary VLANs until an IP phone is
detected
55-22
dynamic port VLAN membership
19-14
overview
55-8
with 802.1X authentication
40-8
B
BackboneFast
9-4
disabling
9-19
displaying statistics
9-18
enabling
9-18
figure
adding a switch
9-6, 9-7
after indirect link failure
9-5
before indirect link failure
9-5
multiple spanning tree
7-17
back-end authenticator-to-supplicant
40-21
backplane
threshold detection
20-20
banner
See login banner
blocking transitions
20-23
BOOT environment variables
clearing
25-11, 25-12
default
25-5
displaying
25-12
overview
25-3, 25-4
setting
25-10, 25-11
boot field
overview
25-3
setting
25-6
boot image and switch
23-3
booting
configuration register, setting value
25-10
from Melody Compact Flash
3-5
ignoring NVRAM
25-9
booting the MSFC for the first time
3-4
BOOTP and in-band (sc0) interface
3-10
Bootstrap Protocol
See BOOTP
BPDU
skewing
7-59
overview
7-24
BPDU Filter
multiple spanning tree
7-17
BPDU guard
disabling
9-12, 9-15
enabling
9-11, 9-14
multiple spanning tree
7-17
note
9-11
BPDU overview
7-3
BPDU skewing
monitoring
20-23
Break key (note)
2-1
bridged flow statistics
14-28, 16-3
bridge ID and MAC addresses
7-14
bridge ID priority, PVST+
7-27
bridge protocol data units
See BPDUs
broadcast suppression
35-1
disabling
35-4
enabling
35-3
enabling errdisable state
35-4
suppressing multicast traffic
50-7
suppressing unicast traffic
35-2