Blade ICE G8000 - Manual (Page 4)

RackSwitch G8000 Application Guide
4 BMD00041, November 2008
Chapter 3: VLANs 47
Overview 48
VLANs and Port VLAN ID Numbers 49
VLAN numbers 49
PVID numbers 50
VLAN Tagging 51
VLAN Topologies and Design Considerations 55
VLAN configuration rules 55
Multiple VLANs with Tagging Adapters 56
VLAN configuration example 58
Private VLANs 59
Private VLAN ports 59
Configuration guidelines 60
Configuration example 60
Chapter 4: Ports and Trunking 63
Overview 64
Statistical load distribution 64
Built-In fault tolerance 64
Before you configure static trunks 65
Static trunk group configuration rules 65
Port Trunking Example 67
Configurable Trunk Hash Algorithm 69
Link Aggregation Control Protocol 70
LACP configuration guidelines 72
Configuring LACP 72
Chapter 5: Spanning Tree 73
Overview 74
Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) 75
Spanning Tree Group configuration guidelines 76
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 80
Port state changes 80
Port Type and Link Type 81
RSTP configuration guidelines 81
RSTP configuration example 82
Per VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree 83
Default Spanning Tree configuration 83