Layer 2 enhancements layer 3 enhancements – Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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Layer 2 enhancements

Layer 3 enhancements

TABLE 23

Layer 2 enhancements

Enhancement

Description

See page

VLAN Byte Accounting

With this release, you can configure a VLAN to account
for the number of bytes received by all the member
ports.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“VLANs”

Section:

“VLAN byte

accounting”

Super Aggregated VLANs
(SAV)

Multiple VLANs can be aggregated within another VLAN
to allow you to construct Layer 2 paths and channels.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“VLANs”

Section:

“Configuring

super aggregated VLANs”

Enhancement to the lacp
system-priority command

The lacp system-priority command has been moved
from the interface configuration level to the global
configuration level.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter: See the
Dynamic Link
Aggregation chapter in
the BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
-
Versions 02.5.00 and
earlier.
Section:Configuring Link
Aggregation Parameters

TABLE 24

Layer 3 enhancements

Enhancement

Description

See page

Graceful Restart

With this release, you can enable Graceful Restart
for OSPF and BGP

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring

OSPF Version 2 (IPv4)”

and

“Configuring BGP4

(IPv4 and IPv6)”

Section:

“OSPF graceful

restart”

and

“Graceful

restart in BGP”

BGP Null0 Routing

With this release, BGP can use null0 to resolve the
next hop and install null0 BGP routes to the routing
table

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring

BGP4 (IPv4 and IPv6)”

Section:

“BGP Null0

routing”

GRE IP Tunneling

This release supports creation of a GRE tunnel
across an IP network.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring IP”

Section:

“GRE IP tunnel”

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