Document Outline

• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Preface
  • Who Should Use This Guide
  • What You’ll Find in This Guide
  • Typographic Conventions
  • How to Get Help
• Accessing the Switch
  • Configuring an IP Interface
  • Using Telnet
  • Using the Browser-Based Interface
    • Configuring BBI access via HTTP
    • Configuring BBI access via HTTPS
  • Using SNMP
    • SNMP v1, v2
    • SNMP v3.0
      • Default configuration
      • User configuration:
    • Configuring SNMP Trap Hosts
      • SNMPv1 trap host
      • SNMPv2 trap host configuration
      • SNMPv3 trap host configuration
  • Securing Access to the Switch
    • RADIUS Authentication and Authorization
      • How RADIUS authentication works
      • Configuring RADIUS
      • RADIUS authentication features in Blade OS
      • Switch User Accounts
      • RADIUS Attributes for G8000 user privileges
    • TACACS+ Authentication
      • How TACACS+ authentication works
      • TACACS+ authentication features in Blade OS
      • Command authorization and logging
      • Configuring TACACS+ Authentication
    • Secure Shell
      • Configuring SSH features on the switch
      • SSH encryption of management messages
      • Generating RSA Host and Server Keys for SSH access
      • SSH Integration with RADIUS/TACACS+ Authentication
    • End User Access Control
      • Considerations for configuring End User Accounts
      • User Access Control
      • Listing current Users
      • Logging into an End User account
• Port-based Network Access Control
  • Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN
    • 802.1X authentication process
      • EAPoL message exchange
    • 802.1X port states
    • Supported RADIUS attributes
    • Configuration guidelines
• VLANs
  • Overview
  • VLANs and Port VLAN ID Numbers
    • VLAN numbers
      • Viewing VLANs
    • PVID numbers
      • Viewing and Configuring PVIDs
  • VLAN Tagging
  • VLAN Topologies and Design Considerations
    • VLAN configuration rules
    • Multiple VLANs with Tagging Adapters
    • VLAN configuration example
  • Private VLANs
    • Private VLAN ports
    • Configuration guidelines
    • Configuration example
• Ports and Trunking
  • Overview
    • Statistical load distribution
    • Built-In fault tolerance
    • Before you configure static trunks
    • Static trunk group configuration rules
  • Port Trunking Example
  • Configurable Trunk Hash Algorithm
  • Link Aggregation Control Protocol
    • LACP configuration guidelines
    • Configuring LACP
• Spanning Tree
  • Overview
    • Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs)
      • Determining the Path for Forwarding BPDUs
    • Spanning Tree Group configuration guidelines
      • Changing the Spanning Tree mode
      • Assigning a VLAN to a Spanning Tree Group
      • Creating a VLAN
      • Rules for VLAN Tagged ports
      • Adding and removing ports from STGs
  • Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
    • Port state changes
    • Port Type and Link Type
      • Edge Port
      • Link Type
    • RSTP configuration guidelines
    • RSTP configuration example
      • Configure Rapid Spanning Tree
  • Per VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree
    • Default Spanning Tree configuration
    • Why do we need multiple Spanning Trees?
    • PVRST configuration guidelines
    • Configuring PVRST
  • Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
    • MSTP Region
    • Common Internal Spanning Tree
    • MSTP configuration guidelines
      • Configuring Multiple Spanning Tree Groups
  • Fast Uplink Convergence
    • Configuration Guidelines
    • Configuring Fast Uplink Convergence
• Quality of Service
  • Overview
  • Using ACL Filters
    • MAC Extended ACLs
    • IP Standard ACLs
    • IP Extended ACLs
    • Understanding ACL priority
    • Assigning ACLs to a port
    • Viewing ACL statistics
    • ACL configuration examples
      • Example 1
      • Example 2
      • Example 3
      • Example 4
      • Example 5
  • Using Storm Control Filters
    • Broadcast storms
    • Configuring storm control
  • Using DSCP Values to Provide QoS
    • Differentiated Services Concepts
      • Per Hop Behavior
      • QoS Levels
      • DSCP-to-802.1p mapping
  • Using 802.1p Priority to Provide QoS
    • 802.1p configuration example
  • Queuing and Scheduling
• Remote Monitoring
  • Overview
  • RMON group 1-Statistics
    • Configuring RMON statistics
  • RMON group 2-History
    • History MIB Object ID
    • Configuring RMON History
  • RMON group 3-Alarms
    • Alarm MIB objects
    • Configuring RMON Alarms
  • RMON group 9-Events
    • Configure RMON events
• Basic IP Routing
  • IP Routing Benefits
  • Routing Between IP Subnets
  • Example of Subnet Routing
    • Using VLANs to segregate Broadcast Domains
    • Configuration example
  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• IGMP
  • IGMP Snooping
    • FastLeave
    • IGMPv3 Snooping
    • IGMP Snooping configuration example
      • Configure IGMP Snooping
    • Static Multicast Router
      • Configure a Static Multicast Router
• High Availability
  • Uplink Failure Detection
    • Failure Detection Pair
    • Spanning Tree Protocol with UFD
    • Configuration guidelines
    • Configuring UFD
    • Monitoring UFD
• Troubleshooting
  • Monitoring Ports
    • Port Mirroring behavior
    • Configuring Port Mirroring
• Index