Category: 802.1q

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Mar2014

How do you configure MSTP on HP Comware via CLI?

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We have three HP Comware switches in a triangle with each device being at default configuration after enabling Multi-Instance Spanning Tree (MSTP). We’ll be optimizing the network by adding load-balancing for MSTP and across 20 vlans and link aggregation. A quick overview of the Layer 2 configuration of the network [5800A]display lldp ... Read More
March 27, 2014Praveen Bahethi
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26

Mar2014

How do you configure LACP on Comware?

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Link Aggregration Control Protocol (LACP) is used to combine multiple ethernet ports into a bundle.  This bundle shows up as one port to spanning tree protocol (STP) allowing multiple connections to occur between switches without blocking.  This protocol is also used to connect multiple server links to a switch to ... Read More
March 26, 2014Praveen Bahethi

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Jan2014

Why switch trunk/ tagged ports are used?

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Prior to 802.1q, switch vendors used proprietary methods to manage the transfer of VLAN tagged ethernet frames between switches.  These methods added the vlan to the frame  creating a proprietary frame.  Otherwise the other switch would put the frame in the vlan it's port was configured for. Each switch has the ... Read More
January 2, 2014Praveen Bahethi