Enabling or disabling SPBM at the global level
Use the following procedure to enable or disable SPBM at the global level. SPBM uses the Intermediate-System-to-Intermediate-System (IS-IS) link state routing protocol to provide a loop free Ethernet topology that creates a shortest path topology from every node to every other node in the network based on node MAC addresses.
Procedure
- In the navigation pane, expand .
- Click SPBM.
- Click the Globals tab.
- To enable or disable SPBM, click enable or disable in the GlobalEnable field.
- To configure the global ethertype value, click the desired option in the GlobalEtherType field.
- Click Apply.
Globals Field Descriptions
Use the data in the following table to use the Globals tab.
|
Name |
Description |
|---|---|
|
GlobalEnable |
Enables or disables SPBM globally. The default is disabled. To ensure proper cleanup of MAC tables after you disable SPBM, save the configuration, and then reboot the switch. |
|
GlobalEtherType |
Specifies the global ethertype value as 0x8100 or 0x88a8. The default value is 0x8100. |
|
NicknameServerEnable Note:
Exception: not supported on VSP 8600 Series or XA1400 Series. |
Enables or disables the nickname server. The default is disabled. |
|
NicknameDynamicAllocationStatus Note:
Exception: not supported on VSP 8600 Series or XA1400 Series. |
Displays the Dynamic Nickname Allocation service operational status. |
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NicknameServerPrefix Note:
Exception: not supported on VSP 8600 Series or XA1400 Series. |
Specifies the nickname server allocation prefix. x.xx.xx uses the form X.X0.00 from 0.00.00 to F.F0.00. A group, X.X0.00 to X.XF.FF, can provide up to 4,096 nicknames. The default is A.00.00. |