Aggregated Links and Your Switch 29
Aggregated Link Example 32
3 USING MULTICAST FILTERING
What is an IP Multicast? 33
Benefits of Multicast 34
Multicast Filtering 34
Multicast Filtering and Your Switch 35
IGMP Multicast Filtering 36
4 USING RESILIENCE FEATURES
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 39
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 40
What is STP? 41
How STP Works 43
STP Requirements 43
STP Calculation 43
STP Configuration 44
STP Reconfiguration 44
How RSTP Differs to STP 45
STP Example 45
STP Configurations 46
Using STP on a Network with Multiple VLANs 48
5 USING THE SWITCH DATABASE
What is the Switch Database? 49
How Switch Database Entries Get Added 49
Switch Database Entry States 50
6 USING TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION
What is Traffic Prioritization? 51
How Traffic Prioritization Works 52
802.1D traffic classification 52
DiffServ traffic classification 53
Traffic Prioritization and your Switch 54
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