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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Disabling Global Support for 802.1Q Tunneling
8-5
Understanding How Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling Works
8-6
Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling Configuration Guidelines
8-7
Configuring Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling on the Switch
8-7
Specifying a Layer 2 Protocol
8-7
Configuring Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling on Trunk Ports
8-8
Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling on Trunks Example
8-9
Specifying Drop and Shutdown Thresholds on Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling Ports
8-10
Specifying CoS on Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling Ports
8-12
Clearing Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling Statistics
8-13
C H A P T E R
9
Configuring Spanning-Tree PortFast, UplinkFast, BackboneFast, and Loop Guard
9-1
Understanding How PortFast Works
9-2
Understanding How PortFast BPDU Guard Works
9-2
Understanding How PortFast BPDU Filtering Works
9-3
Understanding How UplinkFast Works
9-3
Understanding How BackboneFast Works
9-4
Understanding How Loop Guard Works
9-6
Configuring PortFast on the Switch
9-8
Enabling PortFast on an Access Port
9-8
Enabling Spanning-Tree PortFast on a Trunk Port
9-9
Disabling PortFast
9-10
Resetting PortFast
9-11
Configuring PortFast BPDU Guard on the Switch
9-11
Enabling PortFast BPDU Guard
9-11
Disabling PortFast BPDU Guard
9-12
Configuring PortFast BPDU Filtering on the Switch
9-13
Enabling PortFast BPDU Filtering
9-14
Disabling PortFast BPDU Filtering
9-15
Configuring UplinkFast on the Switch
9-15
Enabling UplinkFast
9-16
Disabling UplinkFast
9-17
Configuring BackboneFast on the Switch
9-18
Enabling BackboneFast
9-18
Displaying BackboneFast Statistics
9-18
Disabling BackboneFast
9-19
Configuring Loop Guard on the Switch
9-19
Enabling Loop Guard
9-19