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Cisco IE 3000 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Understanding UplinkFast 20-3
Understanding BackboneFast 20-5
Understanding EtherChannel Guard 20-7
Understanding Root Guard 20-8
Understanding Loop Guard 20-9
Configuring Optional Spanning-Tree Features 20-9
Default Optional Spanning-Tree Configuration 20-9
Optional Spanning-Tree Configuration Guidelines 20-10
Enabling Port Fast 20-10
Enabling BPDU Guard 20-11
Enabling BPDU Filtering 20-12
Enabling UplinkFast for Use with Redundant Links 20-13
Enabling BackboneFast 20-13
Enabling EtherChannel Guard 20-14
Enabling Root Guard 20-15
Enabling Loop Guard 20-15
Displaying the Spanning-Tree Status 20-16
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21 Configuring Resilient Ethernet Protocol 21-1
Understanding REP 21-1
Link Integrity 21-3
Fast Convergence 21-4
VLAN Load Balancing 21-4
Spanning Tree Interaction 21-6
REP Ports 21-6
Configuring REP 21-6
Default REP Configuration 21-7
REP Configuration Guidelines 21-7
Configuring the REP Administrative VLAN 21-8
Configuring REP Interfaces 21-9
Setting Manual Preemption for VLAN Load Balancing 21-12
Configuring SNMP Traps for REP 21-13
Monitoring REP 21-13
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22 Configuring Flex Links and the MAC Address-Table Move Update Feature 22-1
Understanding Flex Links and the MAC Address-Table Move Update 22-1
Flex Links 22-1
VLAN Flex Link Load Balancing and Support 22-2
Flex Link Multicast Fast Convergence 22-3