Aggregated Links and Your Switch 21
Aggregated Link — Manual Configuration Example 24
3 USING MULTICAST FILTERING
What is an IP Multicast? 27
Benefits of Multicast 28
Multicast Filtering 28
Multicast Filtering and Your Switch 29
IGMP Multicast Filtering 30
4 USING RESILIENCE FEATURES
Resilience Feature Overview 34
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 34
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 35
What is STP? 35
How STP Works 37
STP Requirements 37
STP Calculation 38
STP Configuration 38
STP Reconfiguration 39
How RSTP Differs to STP 39
STP Example 39
STP Configurations 41
Using STP on a Network with Multiple VLANs 43
5 USING THE SWITCH DATABASE
What is the Switch Database? 45
How Switch Database Entries Get Added 45
Switch Database Entry States 46
6 USING TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION
What is Traffic Prioritization? 48
How Traffic Prioritization Works 48
Traffic Classification 49
Traffic Marking 50