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Updated: November 2016

- Sun Network 10GbE Switch 72p Product Notes
- Document Information
- Using This Documentation

- Product Documentation Library
- Feedback

- Late-Breaking Information

- Switch Documentation Reading Order
- New Features

- IPv6 Switching and Routing
- PVRST+ Protocol
- Exclusive VLAN
- Data Center Bridging
- Internet Group Management Protocol
- PIM
- Q-in-Q Tunneling
- Server Load Balancer Layer 3
- Uplink Port Trailing
- VRRPv3
- Oracle ILOM 3.0 Features

- Enhancements
- Upgrading the Switch Firmware

- Back Up the Current Configuration Before Upgrading
- Download the Switch Firmware Package
- Install the Switch Updates

- Configuring the Switch

- Configure 1Gbps Mode on SFP+ Interfaces
- Fine Tune the VLAN Setup
- Managing SEFOS Configurations

- Include the SEFOS Configuration in Backups
- Restore the Configuration

- Configuring TACACS+

- TACACS+ Properties
- Configure TACACS+ Settings

- Known Issues

- Manually Deleting Static Routes Does Not Affect the Corresponding SLB Entry (7123134)
- PIMv6-SSM Mode is Not Supported in This Release (7114280)
- Firmware Upgrade With the Web UI is Incomplete (7022295)
- Changing the Default Value for default-vlan-id Could Result in VLAN Misconfiguration (7015004)
- Some of the IGMP Conformance Results Do Not Match Expectations (7006297 and 6997415)
- QoS - set algo-type tailDrop queue-drop-algo Does Not Work (6991230)
- Packets Might Be Dropped When Using Q-in-Q Interop in Certain Configurations (6989048)
- The no default-metric [,short(1-16)>] Command Does Not Work as Documented (6987482)
- Using vlan 1 as Shown in Various Examples in the Documentation Generates Error Codes (6968484)
- When Multiple Configuration Scripts Are Run in Parallel, SEFOS Can Crash (6936742)
- The switch Command Line Option Is Unsupported
- vrrp_v3: Role is incorrect for vlan with no premempt configuration after save/reboot (19547263)
- SSL V3.0 POODLE DISABLE SSL V3 (19842635)
- Re-configure IP address after a "no ip address", previous config re-appears (18794861)

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### PVRST+ Protocol

For an Ethernet network to function properly, only one active path must exist between two stations. Multiple active paths between stations in a bridged network can cause loops in which Ethernet frames can endlessly circulate. STP can logically break such loops and prevent looping traffic from clogging the network. The dynamic control of the topology provides continued network operation in the presence of redundant or unintended looping paths.

Rapid spanning tree is a link management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing undesirable loops in the network, such as multiple active paths between stations by forcing redundant paths into a standby or blocked state.PVRST+, which is supported in this release of the switch, is an enhancement of RSTP that works in conjunction with VLANs to provide better control over traffic in the network. A separate spanning tree is maintained for each active VLAN in the network, providing load balancing through multiple instances of the spanning tree, fault tolerance (because failure of one spanning tree instance does not affect other spanning trees), and rapid reconfiguration support through the RSTP.

Note - In PVRST+ spanning tree mode, the interface trunk encapsulation type ISL is not supported.

Refer to the Sun Ethernet Fabric Operating System PVRST+ Administration Guide for more information about this feature.

Note - When using the PVRST+ feature, create the entire configuration from scratch to avoid possible conflicts with features from an existing configuration saved from the previous release of the firmware.

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