Comware CLI for STP edge on two 7500 ports in different VLANs.
Read the Warning in the CLI, if you do it on a port between switches.. bad juju...
Terminal is an end-point, PC, Server, etc..
stp edged-port enable
# Warning: Edge port should only be connected to terminal. It will cause temporary ... Read More
Category: MSTP
01
Apr2014
01
Apr2014
Spanning Tree (STP) is running on all switch ports by default once the daemon is enabled. STP first LISTENS and LEARNS before FORWARDING traffic. It's the LISTENING and LEARNING states that delays traffic from being delivered to end devices. The lack of FORWARDING during the LISTENING and LEARNING interval can cause IP address configuration failure ... Read More
28
Mar2014
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol provides end devices alternate default gateways without having to be configured for them. With VRRP, a end device continues to speak to the same MAC Address discovered during ARP resolution, because of the Virtual IP (VIP) configuration in VRRP.
Configuring VRRP requires knowledge of the Layer 2 ... Read More
27
Mar2014
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
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