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Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Egress Filtering 11-12
Examples of Unsupported Configurations 11-13
Overlapping Encapsulation 11-13
Global Rewrite Operation Limitation on a Switch 11-14
Configuring Other Features on EFPs 11-15
EFPs and EtherChannels 11-15
EFPs and Layer 2 Protocols 11-16
MAC Address Forwarding, Learning and Aging on EFPs 11-16
Configuring IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling using EFPs 11-17
802.1Q Tunneling (QinQ) 11-17
Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling 11-21
EFPs and Ethernet over Multiprotocol Layer Switching (EoMPLS) 11-24
Bridge Domain Routing 11-24
EFPs and Switchport MAC Addresses 11-25
EVC and Switchports 11-25
EFPs and MSTP 11-29
Monitoring EVC 11-29
CHAPTER
12 Configuring Command Macros 12-1
Understanding Command Macros 12-1
Configuring Command Macros 12-1
Default Command Macro Configuration 12-2
Command Macro Configuration Guidelines 12-2
Creating Command Macros 12-3
Applying Command Macros 12-4
Displaying Command Macros 12-5
CHAPTER
13 Configuring STP 13-1
Understanding Spanning-Tree Features 13-1
STP Overview 13-2
Spanning-Tree Topology and BPDUs 13-2
Bridge ID, Switch Priority, and Extended System ID 13-3
Spanning-Tree Interface States 13-4
Blocking State 13-5
Listening State 13-6
Learning State 13-6
Forwarding State 13-6
Disabled State 13-6
How a Switch or Port Becomes the Root Switch or Root Port 13-7