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HP ProCurve 7000dl Series User Manual

HP ProCurve 7000dl Series
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10-1
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Bridging—Transmitting Non-IP Traffic or
Merging Two Networks
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Transmitting Non-IP Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Merging Two Remote Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Configuring Bridging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Configuring a Bridge Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Assigning an Interface to the Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Disabling IP Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Viewing the Bridge Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Troubleshooting Bridging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Configuring Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
STP BPDUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
STP States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
RSTP Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
RSTP and STP Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Configuring RSTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Determining Which Device Becomes Root: Setting the
Router’s Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Determining Which Links Are Chosen: Setting Link Cost . . . . 10-18
Setting Interface Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
Altering Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Configuring STP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Using the BPDU Filter to Disable STP or RSTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23

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HP ProCurve 7000dl Series Specifications

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BrandHP
ModelProCurve 7000dl Series
CategoryNetwork Router
LanguageEnglish

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