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HP ProCurve 5300xl Series User Manual

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7
Switch Meshing
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Switch Meshing Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Using a Heterogeneous Switch Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Bringing Up a Switch Mesh Domain: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Further Operating Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Configuring Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Menu: To Configure Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
CLI: To View and Configure Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Viewing Switch Mesh Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
CLI: Configuring Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Operating Notes for Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Flooded Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Unicast Packets with Unknown Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Spanning Tree Operation with Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Filtering/Security in Meshed Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
IP Multicast (IGMP) in Meshed Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Static VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Dynamic VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Jumbo Packets (3400cl and 6400cl Switches Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
Requirements and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
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