Configuration Tasks
1-5
Configure Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) parameters
for a bridge
Enable or disable STP and set the bridge priority, the maximum
age of stored configuration message information, the period
between the generation of messages by a root bridge, the
amount of time a bridge spends in the listening and learning
states, and the group address.
bridge stpState
bridge stpPriority
bridge stpMaxAge
bridge stpHelloTime
bridge stpForwardDelay
bridge stpGroupAddress
page 10-7 to
page 10-10
Display bridge port information
Display information about the bridge port, including STP
configurations, in a summarized or detailed format.
bridge port summary
bridge port detail
page 11-1
Configure Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) parameters
for a bridge port
Enable or disable STP on a bridge port, and set the bridge port
path cost and port priority.
bridge port stpState
bridge port stpCost
bridge port stpPriority
page 11-8
page 11-9
page 11-10
Set the multicast packet firewall threshold
Suppress multicast storms and limit the rate at which multicast
packets are propagated by the system.
bridge port multicastLimit
page 11-7
Administer bridge port addresses
Administer the MAC address of stations connected to Ethernet
and FDDI ports. This command accesses a menu from which
you can list, add, remove, flush, and freeze bridge port
addresses.
bridge port address
page 11-11
Use packet filters to restrict which packets are forwarded
through a bridge port
Access a menu from which you can list packet filters, display a
packet filter definition, create or edit a definition, load a
definition onto the system, copy a definition, and assign or
unassign a definition to a port.
bridge packetFilter
page 12-1 and
following
Create address and port groups to use
as filtering criteria
Access a menu from which you can specify groups (either
address groups or port groups) to use in a packet filter
definition. From each menu, you can list, display, create, and
delete groups. You can also add and remove address and ports
to and from groups.
bridge packetFilter addressGroup
bridge packetFilter portGroup
page 13-1 and
following
Table 1-3
Bridging Commands (continued)
Task Quick Command For Details, See. . .