Deployment Guide – ExtremeXOS, NetSight, NAC on BlackDiamond X8, BlackDiamond 8K, Summit Switches
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Layer 2 Loop Protection
Basic Layer 2 loop protection is essential to protect the network against looping packets and
broadcast storms. Consider whether the network will use STP, MLAG, SPB, TRILL, EAPS, etc.
As a starting point consider STP Edge Safeguard and BPDU restrict which prevents accidental
or deliberate misconfigurations that cause loops, by having edge ports enter the blocking state
upon receiving a BPDU.
The following is an example configuration:
configure stpd DATA_stp ports edge-safeguard enable 9 recovery-timeout 400
configure stpd DATA_stp ports bpdu-restrict enable 9 recovery-timeout 400
Also consider Extreme Loop Recovery Protocol (ELRP) to detect loops. ELRP can block certain
ports to prevent loop or logging a message to system log.
For example, ELRP can be configured on vlan “blue” excluding uplink port 20:
enable elrp-client
configure elrp-client periodic blue ports all interval 5 log disable-port permanent
configure elrp-client disable-ports exclude 20
Basic Layer 3
VLANs can be enabled for IP forwarding and ports can be added to VLANs to be part of that
network. The steps required are:
1. Create the VLAN (by default the VLAN is added to VR “VR-Default”).
2. Define the tag associated with that VLAN.
3. Add ports to the VLAN as tagged or untagged.
4. Configure the IP address for that VLAN.
5. Enable IP forwarding for that VLAN.
The following is an example of the above steps:
create vlan blue
configure vlan blue tag 100
configure vlan blue add ports 3 tagged
configure vlan blue add ports 4 untagged
configure vlan blue ipaddress 192.168.1.2/24
enable ipforwarding blue
You can view VLAN IP addresses with the command show vlan, and view other IP information
on the switch with the following commands:
show ipconfig
show ipstats
show iproute
show iparp
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