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Guide
Introduction........................................................................................ 3
Discovery protocols: LLDP & CDP ........................................................... 4
VLAN configuration .............................................................................. 7
Introduction ..................................................................................... 7
VLAN configuration on Cisco Catalyst ................................................... 8
VLAN configuration on HP ProCurve ....................................................10
Checking VLANs status and connectivity ..............................................11
Additional info about VLANs...............................................................14
Link aggregation ................................................................................19
Introduction ....................................................................................19
A Static Trunk/Channel .....................................................................21
LACP Trunk/Channel.........................................................................24
Spanning-Tree ...................................................................................29
Introduction ....................................................................................29
MSTP Configuration ..........................................................................31
Cisco as Core running PVST+, HP ProCurve as Edge running RSTP ..........41
HP ProCurve as Core running RSTP, Cisco as Edge running PVST+ ..........47
IP routing Interoperability....................................................................55
Sample topology ..............................................................................55
RIP configuration .............................................................................55
Other RIP features ...........................................................................58
OSPF Single Area .............................................................................60

Redistribution into OSPF ...................................................................64
Configuration of Multiple OSPF areas ..................................................70
Other OSPF features.........................................................................77
IP Multicast interoperability..................................................................80
Introduction ....................................................................................80
PIM DENSE Mode .............................................................................80
PIM SPARSE Mode............................................................................86
Introduction
Todays multi-vendor environments present many challenges to
administrators trying to configure dissimilar (proprietary vs. standard)
protocols. In an effort to accommodate the needs for many of our
partners and customers, ProCurve networking has written this guide to
assist in the configuration and deployment of ProCurve and Cisco
environments.
The intent of this document isnt to describe why you should do these
things, nor does it argue what the benefits are. It merely goes
through how to accomplish the necessary configurations to get the
Cisco and ProCurve switches configured so that they will work
together.
While the testing conducted was extensive, it is impossible that all

possible configurations and scenarios were captured. This document
therefore, can not be assumed to be perfect as it applies to every
environment. Please consider carefully the implications of some of
these changes before instituting them.
The recommendation is to test the new configurations in a controlled

environment prior to rolling out changes that could impact your
production environment. Additionally, saving current configuration
files for switches is a good practice for backup.
Thank you
Discovery protocols: LLDP & CDP

ProCurve is committed to standards. And it is logically that the proprietary
discovery protocol CDP (Cisco Discovery protocol) has been replaced by the
IEEE 802.1AB standard LLDP (Link Layer Discovery protocol) when this one
was released.
If LLDP is enabled by default, CDP remains in Read-only mode (receive-only).
Then ProCurve switches can discover LLDP neighbors as well as Cisco device
neighbors.
Note: Cisco does not support yet LLDP in its equipments.
Cisco IP Phone could in a close future supports LLDP-MED (Media End-Point
Discovery) which will then allow automatic discovery and configuration of IP
Phones.
Some IP Phone vendors such as Avaya and Mitel are already committed to
LLDP-MED.
The network scheme used here is the same as in the MSTP example.
e1
Gi1/1
e2
Procurve-Edge-1
Gi1/1
Gi1/3
Gi1/3
Gi1/2
Gi1/2
Cisco-Core-2
Cisco-Core-1
e1
e2
Procurve-Edge-2
Discovery configuration
We simply use the default configuration regarding Discovery protocols.
On ProCurve switches: LLDP is enabled in send and receive mode. CDP is
enabled in received mode.
On Cisco: CDP is enabled by default.
Checking Discovery info on a ProCurve switch

The following command lists CDP neighbors. As expected, it displays the two
Catalyst 6500.
ProCurve-Edge-1# show cdp neighbors
CDP neighbors information
Port
---1
2
Device ID
---------------------Core-Cisco-1
Core-Cisco-2
|
+
|
|
Platform
Capability
---------------------------- ----Cisco IOS Software, C6500... R S
Cisco IOS Software, C6500... R S
LLDP neighbors: the ProCurve switch displays the two Catalyst 6500 as well
because the LLDP display includes the CDP neighbors.
ProCurve-Edge-1# show lldp info remote-device
LLDP Remote Devices Information
LocalPort
--------1
2
|
+
|
|
ChassisId
------------------------Core-Cisco-1
Core-Cisco-2
PortId PortDescr SysName

------ --------- --------------Gig...
Gig...
We display the LLDP neighbors attached to given ports. It shows details

about neighbors.
ProCurve-Edge-1# show lldp info remote-device 1-2
LLDP Remote Device Information Detail
Local Port
ChassisType
ChassisId
PortType
PortId
SysName
System Descr
M)...
PortDescr
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
1
local
Core-Cisco-1
local
GigabitEthernet0/1
Cisco IOS Software, C6500 Software (C6500-IPSERVICESK9-
System Capabilities Supported

System Capabilities Enabled
: bridge, router
: bridge, router
Remote Management Address

Type
: ipv4
Address : 10.1.1.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------Local Port
:
ChassisType
ChassisId
PortType
PortId
SysName
System Descr
M)...
PortDescr
2
:
:
:
:
:
:
local
Core-Cisco-2
local
GigabitEthernet0/1
Cisco IOS Software, C6500 Software (C6500-IPSERVICESK9-
System Capabilities Supported

System Capabilities Enabled
: bridge, router
: bridge, router
Remote Management Address

Type
: ipv4
Address : 10.1.1.2
Checking Discovery info on a Cisco switch

As ProCurve switches do not send anymore CDP frames, a Cisco switch will
not recognize ProCurve neighbors.
Lets hope for a Cisco commitment to the IEEE LLDP standard.
Core-Cisco-1#show cdp neighbors
Capability Codes: R - Router, T - Trans Bridge, B - Source Route Bridge
S - Switch, H - Host, I - IGMP, r - Repeater, P - Phone
Device ID
Core-Cisco-2
Local Intrfce
Gig 0/3
Holdtme
171
Capability
R S I
Platform
Port ID
WS-C6500-4 Gig0/3
VLAN configuration
11- Introduction
12- VLAN Configuration on Cisco Catalyst
13- VLAN configuration on HP ProCurve
14- Checking VLANs status and connectivity
15- Additional info about VLANs
a. Native VLAN
b. Configuring a management VLAN other than VLAN 1
c. Changing maximum number of VLANs
d. Configuring ports for IP Phones
e. VTP GVRP
f. Cisco Extended Range of VLANs
Introduction
Glossary
This chapter deals with port based VLANs that Cisco and HP ProCurve both
support. Different names are used to describe similar concepts on both
platforms.
Cisco
HP ProCurve
What is it?
Trunk
Tagged
Access
Untagged
Native VLAN
A port that carries

multiple VLANs using
the 802.1q tag, for
example an uplink, an
IP phone port.
A port that belongs to a
unique VLAN and is
untagged
Defines the untagged
VLAN of a 802.1q tagged port. Defaults to
VLAN 1 on HP and Cisco
Sample topology
Edge/Access ports untagged
in VLANs 10,20, 30 & 40
Vlan 20
Vlan 30
Vlan 40
10.1.40.1/24
10.1.30.1/24
10.1.20.1/24
10.1.10.1/24
10.1.1.1/24
Vlan 1
Vlan 10
Uplink 802.1q port

tagged in
VLANs 10,20, 30 & 40
and untagged in vlan 1
Cisco-1
Procurve-1
Vlan 20
Vlan 30
Vlan 40
10.1.40.2/24
10.1.30.2/24
10.1.20.2/24
Vlan 1
10.1.10.2/24
10.1.1.2/24
Vlan 10
VLAN configuration on Cisco Catalyst

Step 1: VLAN Creation
Conf t
vlan 10, 20, 30, 40
Step 2: Assignment of Access ports to VLANs
interface range FastEthernet1/0/10 - 19
switchport access vlan 10
switchport mode access
Step 3: Creation of 802.1q links (Cisco Trunk)

interface FastEthernet1/0/1
The encapsulation method defines how multiple VLANs are carried on Cisco
Ethernet links. Cisco supports a proprietary method, ISL, and the IEEE
standard 802.1q (noted dot1q).
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
By default, a Cisco trunk carries all VLANs. The allowed VLAN
restricts transport of VLANs to the specified VLANs.
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,10,20,30,40
By default, a port is in access mode, i.e. it belongs to one VLAN only.
switchport mode trunk
Cisco also supports a proprietary negotiation protocol for the trunk named
DTP (Dynamic Trunk Protocol). When defined in trunk mode the port
generates DTP frames. The following command disables generation of DTP
frames. This is the recommended configuration when connected to ProCurve
switches.
switchport nonegotiate
Step 4: IP configuration
If the switch is a layer 2 switch, a unique IP address is usually defined in one
VLAN for management purpose only and a default gateway is configured for
access from remote subnets.
interface vlan1
ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
ip default-gateway 10.1.1.1
In this sample, for testing connectivity, one IP address has been defined in
each VLAN.
interface vlan10
ip address 10.1.10.2
no shutdown
interface vlan20
no shutdown
interface vlan30
no shutdown
interface vlan40
no shutdown
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
VLAN configuration on HP ProCurve

Step1: VLAN creation and port assignment
VLAN creation
Conf
Ports 1 to 9 are assigned to VLAN 10 and removed from VLAN 1 (default
VLAN).
Port 45 (uplink) is tagged in VLAN 10 while remaining untagged member of
VLAN 1.
vlan 10 name Test10
untagged 1-9
tagged 45
Exit
Ports 10 to 19 are assigned to VLAN 20.
Port 45 (uplink) is tagged in VLAN 20.
vlan 20
untagged 10-19
tagged 45
exit
vlan 30
untagged 20-29
tagged 45
exit
vlan 40
untagged 30-44
tagged 45
exit
Step2: IP address
One or more IP address per VLAN can be configured. Usually on a L2 switch,
one ip address in a VLAN and a default-gateway is defined.
In this example, multiple IP addresses have been defined for testing
connectivity.
vlan 1
ip address
exit
vlan 10
ip address
exit
vlan 20
ip address
exit
vlan 30
ip address
exit
10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
10.1.10.1 255.255.255.0
10.1.20.1 255.255.255.0
10.1.30.1 255.255.255.0
vlan 40
ip address 10.1.40.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Checking VLANs status and connectivity

Checking VLANs on Cisco
Checking ports assignment to VLANs
The following display shows the access ports and does not include the Cisco
trunk (802.1q links) ports.
Cisco-1#show vlan
vlan Name
Status
Ports
---- -------------------------------- --------- ----------------------------1
default
active
Fa1/0/2, Fa1/0/3, Fa1/0/4
Fa1/0/5, Fa1/0/6, Fa1/0/7
Fa1/0/8, Fa1/0/9, Fa1/0/19
Fa1/0/45, Fa1/0/46, Fa1/0/47
Fa1/0/48, Gi1/0/1, Gi1/0/2
Gi1/0/3, Gi1/0/4
10
vlan0010
active
Fa1/0/10, Fa1/0/11, Fa1/0/12
Fa1/0/13, Fa1/0/14, Fa1/0/15
Fa1/0/16, Fa1/0/17, Fa1/0/18
20
vlan0020
active
Fa1/0/20, Fa1/0/21, Fa1/0/22
Fa1/0/23, Fa1/0/24, Fa1/0/25
Fa1/0/26, Fa1/0/27, Fa1/0/28
Fa1/0/29
30
vlan0030
active
Fa1/0/30, Fa1/0/31, Fa1/0/32
Fa1/0/33, Fa1/0/34, Fa1/0/35
Fa1/0/36, Fa1/0/37, Fa1/0/38
Fa1/0/39
40
vlan0040
active
Fa1/0/40, Fa1/0/41, Fa1/0/42
Fa1/0/43, Fa1/0/44
1002 fddi-default
act/unsup
1003 token-ring-default
act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default
act/unsup
1005 trnet-default
act/unsup
(skip)
Checking a Cisco Trunk (802.1q) port status

Note the operational mode, the encapsulation mode dot1q (802.1q), the
Native VLAN (the untagged VLAN on the 802.1q link) and the allowed VLANs
on port.
Cisco-1#show int fa1/0/1 switchport
Name: Fa1/0/1
Switchport: Enabled
Administrative Mode: trunk
Operational Mode: trunk
Administrative Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Operational Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Negotiation of Trunking: Off
Access Mode vlan: 1 (default)
Trunking Native Mode vlan: 1 (default)
Administrative Native vlan tagging: enabled
(skip)
Trunking vlans Enabled: 1,10,20,30,40
Pruning vlans Enabled: 2-1001
Capture Mode Disabled
Capture vlans Allowed: ALL
(skip)
Checking access port status
Cisco-1#sh int fa1/0/10 switchport
Name: Fa1/0/10
Switchport: Enabled
Administrative Mode: static access
Operational Mode: up
Administrative Trunking Encapsulation: negotiate
Negotiation of Trunking: Off
Access Mode vlan: 10 (vlan0010)
Trunking Native Mode vlan: 1 (default)
(skip)
Testing connectivity
The connectivity is tested in the various VLANs defined on the 802.1q link
Cisco-1#ping 10.1.1.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/8 ms
!!!!!
!!!!!
!!!!!
!!!!!
Checking VLANs on HP ProCurve

The following is a list of defined VLANs.
Procurve-1(config)# show vlan

Status and Counters - vlan Information
Maximum vlans to support : 8
Primary vlan : DEFAULT_vlan
Management vlan :
802.1Q vlan ID
-------------1
10
20
30
40
Name
-----------DEFAULT_vlan
TEST10
vlan20
vlan30
vlan40
|
+
|
|
|
|
|
Status
---------Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Voice
----No
No
No
No
No
Jumbo
----No
No
No
No
No
*Note that the maximum number of VLANs can be increased.

List of ports defined in a given VLAN
Procurve-1(config)# show vlan 10
Status and Counters - vlan Information - Ports - vlan 10
802.1Q vlan ID : 10
Name : Test10
Status : Port-based
Voice : No
Jumbo : No
Port Information
---------------1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
45
46
47
48
Mode
-------Untagged
Untagged
Untagged
Untagged
Untagged
Untagged
Untagged
Untagged
Untagged
Tagged
Tagged
Tagged
Tagged
Unknown vlan
-----------Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Learn
Status
---------Down
Down
Down
Down
Down
Down
Down
Down
Down
Up
Down
Down
Down
List of VLANs defined for a given port. Although it is not explicitly shown in
this display, port 45 is tagged in VLAN 10, 20, 30 and 40 and untagged in 1.
Procurve-1(config)# show vlan port 45

Status and Counters - vlan Information - for ports 46
802.1Q vlan ID
-------------1
10
20
30
40
Name
-----------DEFAULT_vlan
TEST10
vlan20
vlan30
vlan40
|
+
|
|
|
|
|
Status
---------Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Voice
----No
No
No
No
No
Jumbo
----No
No
No
No
No
Port 10 as an access port is untagged and belongs to VLAN 20 only

Procurve-1(config)# show vlan port 10
802.1Q vlan ID Name
| Status
Voice Jumbo
-------------- ------------ + ---------- ----- ----20
vlan20
| Port-based No
No
Checking IP interfaces
Procurve-1(config)# sh ip
Internet (IP) Service
IP Routing : Disabled
Default-gateway : 10.1.1.1
Default TTL
: 64
Arp Age
: 20
vlan
|
----------- +
DEFAULT_vlan|
TEST10
|
vlan20
|
vlan30
|
vlan40
|
IP Config
---------Manual
Manual
Manual
Manual
Manual
IP Address
------------10.1.1.1
10.1.10.1
10.1.20.1
10.1.30.1
10.1.40.1
Subnet Mask
--------------255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
Proxy ARP
--------No
No
No
No
No
Additional info about VLANs

The Native VLAN
The concept of native VLAN on Cisco defines the untagged VLAN on a
tagged link. It is VLAN 1 by default. It can be changed with the following
commands:
switchport trunk native vlan 99
Which native VLAN is defined on a port can be checked with:

Show interface Fa1/0/1 switchport
On HP ProCurve, when a port is tagged for any number of VLANs, it remains
untagged in VLAN 1 by default. To make VLAN 99 the untagged (native)
VLAN of a tagged port, enter the following commands:
vlan 99
Untagged 45
Then check that Port 45 is untagged in VLAN 99 with:
Show vlan 99
Usually the Native VLAN is used to manage switches.
Tip : What is the benefit of configuring the Native Vlan with an IP
address?
A switch, with its default configuration, have all ports untagged. If connected
to a tagged port, this switch will still be able to send and receive frames
through the untagged (native) VLAN. It will then be able to receive an IP
address automatically via DHCP. This IP address can be discovered by LLDP
(show lldp info remote) or found at the DHCP server. The switch can then be
managed and configured remotely via Telnet.
Configuring a management VLAN other than VLAN 1

It is very common to use VLAN 1 as the management VLAN. But any created
VLAN can be used to manage switches. As explained in the previous
paragraph, it is common to use the Native/Untagged VLAN to be the
management VLAN. Again this is not mandatory and one can choose the
VLAN to be carried as tagged on uplinks. Choosing a VLAN other than VLAN
1 for management, we make a clear distinction between Default VLAN and
Management VLAN.
In the following example, VLAN 99 is used as the management VLAN and
defined as untagged on 802.1q uplinks.
ProCurve configuration of a management VLAN
vlan 99
Untagged 45
Ip address 10.1.99.1/24
exit
Ip default-gateway 10.1.99.1
vlan 10
Tagged 45
exit
vlan 20
Tagged 45
exit
vlan 30
Tagged 45
exit
vlan 40
Tagged 45
Exit
Checking VLAN
Procurve-1# show vlan 99
Status and Counters - vlan Information - Ports - vlan 99
802.1Q vlan ID : 99
Name : vlan99
Status : Port-based
Voice : No
Jumbo : No
Port Information Mode
Unknown vlan Status
---------------- -------- ------------ ---------45
Untagged Learn
Up
Procurve-1# show vlan port 45

802.1Q vlan ID
-------------10
20
30
40
99
Name
-----------TEST10
vlan20
vlan30
vlan40
vlan99
|
+
|
|
|
|
|
Status
---------Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Voice
----No
No
No
No
No
Jumbo
----No
No
No
No
No
Configuration of a management VLAN on Cisco

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,10,20,30,40,99
int vlan 99
ip address 10.199.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
Checking VLAN
Cisco-1#sh vlan 99
vlan Name
Status
Ports
---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------99
vlan0099
active
Checking Cisco trunk port status
Cisco-1#sh int fa 1/0/1 switchport

Name: Fa1/0/1
Switchport: Enabled
Administrative Mode: trunk
Operational Mode: trunk
Administrative Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Operational Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Negotiation of Trunking: On
Access Mode vlan: 1 (default)
Trunking Native Mode vlan: 99 (vlan0099)
Voice vlan: none
(skip)
Trunking vlans Enabled: 1,10,20,30,40,99
Pruning vlans Enabled: 2-1001
(skip)
Checking connectivity
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/9
ms
Note that HP ProCurve also defines a security concept called Management

VLAN. When enabled, it becomes the only VLAN through which the switch
can be configured. It is disabled by default. (see Advanced Traffic Management
Guide, Jan 05. @ http://www.hp.com/rnd/support/manuals/5300xl.htm ) to configure.
Changing the maximum number of VLANs on ProCurve

On ProCurve, the maximum number of VLANs can be increased by entering:
Conf
Max-vlans 48
Write memory
reload
Configuration of ports for IP Phones

To support both an IP Phone and a PC, a port is configured with one tagged
VLAN (for example 200) to carry voice and one untagged VLAN (for example
10) to transport the data
On ProCurve:
vlan 10 name DATA10
Untagged B1-B12
vlan 200 name IPVOICE
Tagged B1-B12
On Cisco:
Interface range fa1/0/1 - 12
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,200
VTP GVRP
Cisco supports the proprietary protocol VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) that
allows propagation of created, deleted or modified VLANs through multiple
Cisco switches. ProCurve switches do not support it.
On the other hand, HP supports the IEEE GVRP standard (GARP VLAN
Registration Protocol) which combines automatic creation of VLANs and
automatic tagging of uplinks. GVRP is supported on some Cisco switches
running the CatOS software and interacts properly with ProCurve switches.
But its that GVRP support as been removed in the IOS for Catalyst switches
Cisco Extended Range of VLANs

Previously to 802.1q mode, Cisco trunk ports supported the proprietary ISL
mode to carry multiple VLANs on a port. The VLAN-id in ISL is based on 10
Bits and then supports VLANs ranging from 1 to 1023.
With 802.1q support, VLAN Id is on 12 bits and Cisco has defined an
extended range to support VLANs from 1024 to 4095.
To create a VLAN in the extended range, vtp must be defined in
transparent mode with the following global config mode command:
Vtp mode transparent
Link aggregation
21- Introduction
22- Static Link Aggregation
23- LACP Link Aggregation
HP Active and Cisco passive
Cisco Active and HP passive
HP static LACP and Cisco passive
Introduction
Glossary
Cisco
HP ProCurve
What is it?
Channel-group
Trunk
Port-channel
Trunk port
Int channel 1
Int trk1
Description of an
aggregated link
The logical port
representing an
aggregated link
To enter the
configuration mode of
an aggregated link
interface
FEC is the Fast EtherChannel concept. It implements the Port Aggregation

Protocol (PAgP) that allows two equipments to negotiate a link aggregation.
FEC is supported on most of the Cisco switches and routers. It used to be
supported in the oldest version of firmware of ProCurve.
Note: In the most recent versions of Firmware, support for FEC has
been removed.
LACP is the Link Aggregation Control Protocol defined by the 802.3ad
standard. Similarly to FEC, it provides a way for both parts to negotiate a
port aggregation. With LACP, one or more additional links can operate as
standby links that will activate only if another active link goes down
Static and Dynamic trunks/channels

A Static trunks becomes an active trunk unconditionally and independently
of the configuration of the other side. A static trunk does not need any
protocol to be created.
Dynamic trunks will be created if both sides agree to it. To do so, they
exchange messages, either PAgP or LACP, to negotiate their status. One side
is said active (LACP) or desirable (PAgP), meaning that it initiates the
negotiation. The other side is said passive (LACP) or auto (PAgP) and
forms a link aggregation automatically.
Static and Dynamic
On most HP ProCurve devices1, static trunks can also be defined as LACP. In
that case, they become active unconditionally AND generate LACP frames to
allow the remote side to form a trunk automatically.
When to use a static or a dynamic trunk/channel?

Static trunks always work and can be used to create link aggregation with
switches of many brands and with servers equipped with the right NIC and
driver. Because of its simplicity, it is the preferred method.
When one manages a large number of trunks and doesnt know in advance
what will be connected to the ports of a switch, dynamic trunks can reduce
the configuration burden.
If the remote side supports LACP in passive mode (default on Cisco and HP),
one side only has to be configured in active mode for the trunk to be
formed automatically.
What works together?

When connecting a Cisco and a HP ProCurve switch, some options work
together and some dont. This table summarizes what options can be
combined with each other to create a trunk on both sides.
HP / Cisco mode
On (no
FEC
protocol) Desirable
FEC
Auto
LACP
Active
LACP
Passive
Static (no protocol)
Static FEC(*)
Static LACP
LACP Active
LACP Passive
Legend N=No, one side at least will not create a trunk; Y=yes trunk is
created on both sides, Y= yes and preferred setup.
(*): requires older version of firmware of ProCurve switches
Ports in the link aggregation group

Ports in the channel or trunk group must share same characteristics: speed,
duplex, vlan assignment. The media type, such as 1000BT or 1000SX, can
be mixed on HP ProCurve. The same holds true for Cisco.
Refer to ProCurve switch owners manual to determine if FEC is supported on a particular model.
Logical port defined by the Link aggregation

On Cisco it is named port-channel and is configured as the Interface Portchannel x.
On HP ProCurve it is name trunk port and is configured as the interface
Trk# for a static trunk or interface Dyn# for a dynamic trunk.
On HP ProCurve, when a trunk is formed, it is assigned to the default-vlan.
A Static Trunk/Channel
Sample Topology
Cisco
Channel Fa1/0/1 - 4
Trunk 45 - 48
Procurve
In this example, trunk/channel group is configured as a L2 port assigned to

Vlan 10.
Static Trunk on HP ProCurve

Configuration
conf
trunk 45-48 Trk1 Trunk
Trk1 is a logical port and can be assigned to a Vlan as any other physical
port. An IP address is assigned to Vlan 10 to test connectivity
vlan 10
untagged Trk1
ip address 10.1.10.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Checking trunk status

To verify what ports are members of a trunk:
ProCurve# show trunk
Load Balancing
Port
---45
46
47
48
| Name
+ -------------------------------|
|
|
|
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
|
+
|
|
|
|
Group
----Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
Type
----Trunk
Trunk
Trunk
Trunk
What vlans does trunk Trk1 belongs to?

ProCurve# show vlan port trk1
Status and Counters - VLAN Information - for ports Trk1
802.1Q VLAN ID Name
| Status
Voice Jumbo
-------------- ------------ + ---------- ----- ----10
VLAN10
| Port-based No
No
To check connectivity with neighbor:
ProCurve# ping 10.1.1.2

10.1.1.2 is alive, time = 1 ms
Static port-channel on Cisco

Configuration
conf t
interface range FastEthernet1/0/1 4
Interfaces are configured as L2 interface in Vlan 10

Interfaces are put in the same channel group. On mode means static.
channel-group 1 mode ?
active
Enable LACP unconditionally
auto
Enable PAgP only if a PAgP device is detected
desirable Enable PAgP unconditionally
on
Enable Etherchannel only
passive
Enable LACP only if a LACP device is detected
channel-group 1 mode on
An IP address is assigned to Vlan 10 to test connectivity.

interface Vlan 10
ip address 10.1.10.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
end
Checking Channel status

Cisco1#show
Flags: D I H R U u w d -
etherchannel 1 summary
down
P - in port-channel
stand-alone s - suspended
Hot-standby (LACP only)
Layer3
S - Layer2
in use
f - failed to allocate aggregator
unsuitable for bundling
waiting to be aggregated
default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 1

Number of aggregators:
1
Group Port-channel Protocol
Ports
------+-------------+-----------+-------------------------------------1
Po1(RU)
PAgP
Fa1/0/1(P) Fa1/0/2(P) Fa1/0/3(P)
Fa1/0/4(P)
Cisco#show int etherchannel 1 detail
---FastEthernet1/0/1:
Port state
= Up Mstr In-Bndl
Channel group = 1
Mode = On/FEC
Port-channel = Po1
GC
=
Po1
Port index
= 0
Load = 0x00
Gcchange = Pseudo port-channel =

Protocol =
Age of the port in the current state: 00d:00h:02m:11s

(skip)
Info is repeated for all ports that are members of the channel
LACP Trunk/Channel
With LACP, one side must be active (send LACP frames) and the other
passive.
Dynamic channel/trunk: Cisco active HP passive

Cisco LACP Active configuration
Cisco switch is defined as the active side
conf t
int range fa1/0/1 - 4
channel-group 1 mode active
exit
Check channel status

Cisco#sh int etherchannel
---FastEthernet1/0/1:
Port state
= Up Mstr In-Bndl
Channel group = 1
Mode = Active
Port-channel = Po1
GC
=
Port index
= 0
Load = 0x00
Flags: S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs
A - Device is in active mode.
Gcchange = Pseudo port-channel = Po1

Protocol =
LACP
F - Device is sending fast LACPDUs.
P - Device is in passive mode.
Local information:
Port
Fa1/0/1
Flags
SA
State
bndl
LACP port
Priority
32768
Admin
Key
0x1
Partner's information:
LACP port
Port
Flags
Priority Dev ID
Age
Fa1/0/1
SP
0
0011.0a50.0d80
8s
Oper
Key
0x1
Oper
Key
0x0
Age of the port in the current state: 00d:00h:00m:06s

(skip info..)
Port-channel1:Port-channel1
(Primary aggregator)
Age of the Port-channel

= 00d:00h:06m:15s
Logical slot/port
= 10/1
Number of ports = 4
HotStandBy port = null
Port state
= Port-channel Ag-Inuse
Protocol
=
LACP
Ports in the Port-channel:
Index
Load
Port
EC state
No of bits
------+------+------+------------------+----------0
00
Fa1/0/1 Active
0
0
00
Fa1/0/2 Active
0
0
00
Fa1/0/3 Active
0
0
00
Fa1/0/4 Active
0
Port
Number
0x3
Port
Number
0x2D
Port
State
0x3D
Port
State
0x3C
Time since last port bundled:

00d:00h:00m:09s
Time since last port Un-bundled: 00d:00h:02m:54s
Fa1/0/4
Fa1/0/4
Test connectivity
Cisco#ping 10.1.1.1
..!!!
Success rate is 60 percent (3/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/1
ms
Configuration of HP ProCurve LACP Trunk (passive)

By default on ProCurve, ports are defined as LACP Passive. So no
configuration is needed.
Check trunk formation:
ProCurve# show trunk
Load Balancing
Port
---45
46
47
48
| Name
+ -------------------------------|
|
|
|
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
|
+
|
|
|
|
Group
----Dyn1
Dyn1
Dyn1
Dyn1
Type
----LACP
LACP
LACP
LACP
Note: the trunk group defined on ProCurve is a Dynamic trunk Dyn1 and
belongs to Vlan1.
It cannot be assigned to any other vlans except via GVRP.
To allocate trunk port to Vlans, one should prefer the static trunk, with or
without LACP or FEC protocols.
Dynamic LACP trunk/channel: HP Active - Cisco Passive

Cisco switch is defined in LACP Passive mode
Conf t
channel-group 1 mode passive
exit
HP ProCurve is the LACP Active side

hostname "ProCurve"
interface 45-48
lacp Active
exit
The trunk group defined on ProCurve is a Dynamic trunk Dyn1 and belongs
to Vlan1.
It cannot be assigned to any other vlans except via GVRP.

To allocate trunk port to Vlans, one should prefer the static trunk, with or
without LACP or FEC protocols.
Static LACP trunk

On a HP ProCurve switch, a trunk can be defined as static LACP. Trunk will
form itself unconditionally and LACP frames will be sent. The remote side will
form automatically if in LACP passive mode.
Sample topology
Cisco-2
Channel
Fa1/0/1 -6
Int Po 1 = 10.1.10.2/24
Trunk A1 - A6
Vlan 10 = 10.1.10.1/24
Procurve-2
In the following example, the trunk is defined with 6 Ports and as a Layer 3
trunk.
HP Static LACP trunk configuration
The following defines a trunk as static LACP. The trunk group trk1 is then assigned to
Vlan 10 in which an IP address is defined.
Conf t
trunk a1-a6 trk1 lacp
vlan 10
untagged trk1
ip address 10.1.10.1/24
exit
ProCurve1# show trunk
Load Balancing
Port | Name
Type
| Group Type
---- + -------------------------------- --------- + ----- ----A1
|
100/1000T | Trk1 LACP
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
|
|
|
|
|
100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
|
|
|
|
|
Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
LACP
LACP
LACP
LACP
LACP
ProCurve1# show lacp

LACP
PORT
NUMB
---A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
LACP
ENABLED
------Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
Active
TRUNK
GROUP
-----Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
Trk1
PORT
STATUS
-----Up
Up
Up
Up
Up
Up
LACP
PARTNER
------Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LACP
STATUS
------Success
Success
Success
Success
Success
Success
ProCurve1# ping 10.1.10.2

10.1.10.2 is alive, time = 1 ms
Configuration of Cisco LACP passive channel

The no switchport command is required to define a channel as L3 channel.
Ports are defines in LACP passive mode
conf t
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode passive
exit
IP address is defined on the Port-Channel interface.

interface Port-channel1
no switchport
ip address 10.1.10.2 255.255.255.0
end
Check channel status

Cisco1#sh
Flags: D
I
H
R
U
u
w
d
etherchannel 1 summary
- down
P - in port-channel
- stand-alone s - suspended
- Hot-standby (LACP only)
- Layer3
S - Layer2
- in use
f - failed to allocate aggregator
- unsuitable for bundling
- waiting to be aggregated
- default port
Number of channel-groups in use: 1

Number of aggregators:
1
Group Port-channel Protocol
Ports
------+-------------+-----------+--------------------------------1
Po1(RU)
LACP
Fa1/0/1(P) Fa1/0/2(P) Fa1/0/3(P)
Fa1/0/4(P) Fa1/0/5(P) Fa1/0/6(P)
Detailed display shows that a channel is created, LACP is the protocol in use,
info about Local switch and partner.
Cisco1#sh etherchannel 1 detail
Group state = L3
Ports: 6
Maxports = 16
Port-channels: 1 Max Port-channels = 16
Protocol:
LACP
Ports in the group:
------------------Port: Fa1/0/1
-----------Port state
Channel group
Port-channel
Po1
Port index
= Up Mstr In-Bndl
= 1
Mode = Passive
= Po1
GC
=
-
Gcchange = Pseudo port-channel =
= 0
Protocol =
Load = 0x00
Flags: S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs

LACPDUs.
A - Device is in active mode.
mode.
LACP
F - Device is sending fast

P - Device is in passive
Local information:
Port
State
Fa1/0/1
State
LACP port
Priority
Admin
Key
Oper
Key
Port
Number
Port
Flags
SP
bndl
32768
0x1
0x1
0x3FB
0x3C
Oper
Key
0xD2
Port
Number
0x1
Port
State
0x3D
Partner's information:
LACP port
Port
Flags
Priority Dev ID
Age
Fa1/0/1
SA
0
000e.7f06.0100 12s
(skip info)
Port-channels in the group:
---------------------------
Port-channel: Po1
(Primary Aggregator)
-----------Age of the Port-channel
= 00d:07h:30m:17s
Logical slot/port
= 10/1
Number of ports = 6
HotStandBy port = null
Passive port list
= Fa1/0/1 Fa1/0/2 Fa1/0/3 Fa1/0/4 Fa1/0/5 Fa1/0/6
Port state
= Port-channel L3-Ag Ag-Inuse
Protocol
=
LACP
Ports in the Port-channel:
Index
Load
Port
EC state
No of bits
------+------+------+------------------+----------0
00
Fa1/0/1 Passive
0
0
00
Fa1/0/2 Passive
0
0
00
Fa1/0/3 Passive
0
0
00
Fa1/0/4 Passive
0
0
00
Fa1/0/5 Passive
0
0
00
Fa1/0/6 Passive
0
Time since last port bundled:
00d:00h:01m:12s
Time since last port Un-bundled: 00d:00h:01m:55s
Fa1/0/6
Fa1/0/6
Spanning-Tree
31- Introduction
32- MSTP
33- PVST and RSTP
321- Cisco as Core, ProCurve as Edge
322- ProCurve as Core, Cisco as Edge
Introduction
Glossary
STP is Spanning-Tree Protocol
The IEEE standard implementation of STP is 802.1D.
RSTP is Rapid Spanning-Tree Protocol defined by the 802.1w IEEE standard.
MSTP is Multiple Spanning-Tree Protocol defined by the 802.1s IEEE
standard.
PVST is Per VLAN Spanning-tree proprietary implementation of STP on Cisco
equipment
PVST+ is the implementation of PVST on 802.1q links.
Spanning-Tree on HP ProCurve Switches

802.1D and 802.1w (RSTP)
All HP ProCurve switches implement both of these STP standards.
On HP ProCurve, Spanning-Tree has to be activated, the default mode is then
Rapid STP.
MSTP 802.1s
It is supported on most manageable switches except 2500 and 4100 switches
Please refer to switch documentation.
Spanning-Tree on Cisco Switches

PVST+
By default, Cisco switches run PVST+. PVST is the implementation of STP on
ISL links (Cisco proprietary multi-VLAN encapsulation) while PVST+ runs on
802.1q links .
In PVST+, there is one instance of STP per VLAN and BPDUs use a
proprietary Multicast Mac Address. They are not understood by HP
ProCurve switches (except by ProCurve 9300M and 9400M) and are then
flooded as a regular multicast. So, regarding PVST+ BPDUs, HP ProCurve
switches appear as a hub.
However, Native VLAN (untagged VLAN of a tagged link equal to VLAN 1 be
default) is an exception. In Native VLAN, the Cisco switches send standard
STP BPDUs, which are understood by HP ProCurve switches. This is how
both platform interact.
Cisco has also introduced Rapid PVST+, a PVST+ implementation that

integrates Rapid STP principles.
Prestandard MSTP
MSTP should not be confused with the prestandard version of MSTP.
MSTP (802.1s)
You must run the latest versions of IOS to get support of MSTP (check on
Cisco web site).
Caution
Support for the IEEE 802.1s standard has been introduced around September
2005 by Cisco in the IOS. One should refer to Cisco web site for IOS support
of compliant MSTP (*). Caution should be taken on not confusing the
prestandard MST and the compliant IEEE 802.1s MST. If configuration of
both modes looks exactly the same, the prestandard does NOT
interoperate with the MSTP on ProCurve as this one complies with IEEE
802.1s standard.
(*) Versions of IOS implementing the Compliant IEEE 802.1s starts with:
12.2(18) for Catalyst 6500, 12.2(25)SG for Catalyst 4500 and 12.2(25)SEC
on Catalyst 35xx, 37xx, and 2970.
What Spanning-Tree mode should you choose between Cisco and
ProCurve Switches?
MSTP is obviously the ideal choice because it is standard based and
supported by both vendors, it converges quickly and allows load-balancing of
traffic on uplinks with appropriate configuration.
If not all your devices support MSTP yet, a progressive migration to MSTP
can be put in place as it interoperates with Standard, Rapid Spanning Tree
modes and with PVST via the Native Vlan.
Note that all STP modes interoperate via the standard spanning-tree mode
also named the Common Spanning-Tree (CST). So whatever is your choice,
you should always carefully define the root and secondary root of the
CST. On Cisco look after priority of STP in the Native Vlan (vlan 1 by
default), on ProCurve look after the global priority of STP.
MSTP Configuration
e1
Gi1/1
e2
Procurve-Edge-1
Gi1/1
Gi1/3
Gi1/3
Gi1/2
Gi1/2
Cisco-Core-2
Cisco-Core-1
e1
e2
Procurve-Edge-2
The parameters for the MSTP domain has been defined as followed:
Configuration Name = procurve-cisco (case sensitive)
Configuration Number = 1
Instance 1 = vlans 1, 10, 20
Instance 2 = vlans 30, 40
Configuration of Cisco-Core-1
hostname Core-Cisco-1
Following defines MST mode (802.1s)

spanning-tree mode mst
spanning-tree extend system-id
All parameters of the MSTP configuration must match on all switches of the
MSTP domain.
spanning-tree mst configuration
name procurve-cisco
revision 1
instance 1 vlan 1, 10, 20
instance 2 vlan 30, 40
For load balancing of traffic among links, Cisco-core-1 is defined as Root of

instance 0 and 1 (priority 0) and secondary root of instance 2 (priority 4096)
spanning-tree mst 0-1 priority 0
spanning-tree mst 2 priority 4096
VLAN Creation
VLAN 1 exists by default

vlan 10,20,30,40
Uplinks are defined as 802.1q links. They are named trunks in Cisco
terminology and tagged links in ProCurve terminology. The nonegogiate
feature means that we do no use the Dynamic Trunk Protocol to negotiate
the status of the uplink.
interface range GigabitEthernet0/1 - 3
Access ports (Cisco Terminology) or Edge ports (ProCurve terminology) are

defined as untagged members of a Vlan. The portfast mode defines them as
Edge port in Spanning tree terminology.
Interface range GigabitEthernet0/4 -10
spanning-tree portfast
!
spanning-tree portfast
IP configuration.
ip routing
The Virtual IP used as Default Gateway for the various VLANs are set using
HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol), the Cisco proprietary protocol.
As Cisco-Core-1 is the Root of MST instance 1, we also set it as Master of the
Virtual IP of Vlans 1, 10 & 20. And as it is secondary root for MST instance 2,
we define it as the Backup of Virtual IP in Vlans 30 & 40.
interface Vlan1
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
standby 1 ip 10.1.1.254
standby 1 timers 1 3
standby 1 priority 255
standby 1 preempt
!
interface Vlan10
ip address 10.1.10.1 255.255.255.0
standby 10 ip 10.1.10.254
standby 10 preempt
!
interface Vlan20
ip address 10.1.20.1 255.255.255.0
standby 20 ip 10.1.20.254
standby 20 preempt
!
interface Vlan30
ip address 10.1.30.1 255.255.255.0
standby 30 ip 10.1.30.254
!
interface Vlan40
ip address 10.1.40.1 255.255.255.0

standby 40 ip 10.1.40.254
!
end
Core-cisco-2 configuration
hostname Core-Cisco-2
!
Global Configuration is similar to the configuration of Cisco-Core-1

spanning-tree mode mst
spanning-tree extend system-id
spanning-tree mst configuration
name procurve-cisco
revision 1
instance 1 vlan 1, 10, 20
instance 2 vlan 30, 40
For load balancing of traffic among uplinks, Cisco-core-2 is defined as Root of

instance 2 (priority 0) and secondary root of instance 0 and 1 (priority 4096)
spanning-tree mst 0-1 priority 4096
spanning-tree mst 2 priority 0
!
vlan 10,20,30,40
!
For load balancing of traffic among uplinks, Cisco-core-2 is defined as Root of

instance 2 and secondary root of instances 0 and 1.
!
!
ip routing
Because Cisco-Core-2 is set as the secondary Root of MST instance 1, we

define it as HSRP backup of the Virtual IP of VLANs 1, 10 & 20.
And because it is root of MST instance 2, we set it as the Master of Virtual IP
in VLANs 30 & 40.
interface Vlan1
ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
standby 1 ip 10.1.1.254
!
interface Vlan10
ip address 10.1.10.2 255.255.255.0
standby 10 ip 10.1.10.254
!
interface Vlan20
ip address 10.1.20.2 255.255.255.0
standby 20 ip 10.1.20.254
!
interface Vlan30
ip address 10.1.30.2 255.255.255.0
standby 30 ip 10.1.30.254
standby 30 preempt
!
interface Vlan40
ip address 10.1.40.2 255.255.255.0
standby 40 ip 10.1.40.254
standby 40 preempt
end
ProCurve-Edge-1 Configuration
ProCurve-Edge-1 is a 3500yl.
hostname "ProCurve-Edge-1"
VLAN configuration
Uplinks ports are 1 and 2
vlan 1
name "DEFAULT_VLAN"
untagged 1-24
ip address 10.1.1.3 255.255.255.0
exit
vlan 10
name "VLAN10"
untagged 11-15
tagged 1-2
no ip address
exit
vlan 20
name "VLAN20"
untagged 16-20
tagged 1-2
no ip address
exit
vlan 30
name "VLAN30"
untagged 21-25
tagged 1-2
no ip address
exit
vlan 40
name "VLAN40"
untagged 25-30
tagged 1-2
no ip address
exit
Lets enable Spanning-tree. It default on MSTP on the latest ProCurve

switches: 3500yl, 5400zl and 4200vl
spanning-tree
Default port configuration in MSTP is non Edge and Point-to-Point. We define

Edge ports as Edge.
spanning-tree 11-30 edge-port
MSTP Configuration: Name, Revision and instances match the one of other
switches in MSTP domain
spanning-tree config-name "procurve-cisco"
spanning-tree config-revision 1
spanning-tree instance 1 vlan 1 10 20

spanning-tree instance 2 vlan 30 40
ProCurve-Edge-2 Configuration
Configuration is similar to the configuration of ProCurve-Edge-1.
In our example ProCurve-Edge-2 is a 3400. Spanning-tree mode defaults to
RSTP. And we have to turn it on MSTP mode that requires a reboot.
max-vlans 16
vlan 1
name "DEFAULT_VLAN"
untagged 1-9,18-24
ip address 10.1.1.4 255.255.255.0
no untagged 10-17
exit
vlan 10
name "VLAN10"
untagged 10-11
tagged 1-2
exit
vlan 20
name "VLAN20"
untagged 12-13
no ip address
tagged 1-2
exit
vlan 30
name "VLAN30"
untagged 14-15
no ip address
tagged 1-2
exit
vlan 40
name "VLAN40"
untagged 16-17
no ip address
tagged 1-2
exit
spanning-tree
spanning-tree protocol-version MSTP
spanning-tree 10-17 edge-port
spanning-tree
spanning-tree
spanning-tree
spanning-tree
config-name "procurve-cisco"
config-revision 1
instance 1 vlan 1 10 20
instance 2 vlan 30 40
Checking configuration of MSTP

In the following displays: note that the
Mac Address of Cisco Core-1 is 0010.0db1.7100 or 00100d-b17100
Mac Address of Cisco Core-2 is 0010.0db3.1200 or 00100d-b31200
On Cisco-Core-1
The following command displays the parameters of MSTP configuration.
Note that Cisco shows all the non assigned VLANs in Instance 0 (=IST
Instance) where ProCurve shows the non assigned AND created Vlans only.
Core-Cisco-1#show spanning-tree mst configuration
Name
[procurve-cisco]
Revision 1
Instances configured 3
Instance Vlans mapped
-------- -------------------------------------------------------0
2-9,11-19,21-29,31-39,41-4094
1
1,10,20
2
30,40
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Status of MSTP spanning tree in each instance. Cisco-Core-1

(0010.0db1.7100 ) is root in instances 0 and 1. Cisco-Core-2
(0010.0db1.7100) is root in instance 2.
Core-Cisco-1#show spanning-tree mst
##### MST0
Bridge
Root
Operational
Configured
vlans mapped:
2-9,11-19,21-29,31-39,41-4094
address 0010.0db1.7100 priority
0
(0 sysid 0)
this switch for the CIST
hello time 2 , forward delay 15, max age 20, txholdcount 6
hello time 2 , forward delay 15, max age 20, max hops
20
Interface
---------------Gi1/1
Gi1/2
Gi1/3
Gi1/45
##### MST1
Bridge
Root
Sts
--FWD
FWD
FWD
FWD
Cost
Prio.Nbr Type
--------- -------- -------------------20000
128.1
P2p
20000
128.2
P2p
20000
128.3
P2p
20000
128.45
Edge P2p
vlans mapped:
1,10,20
this switch for MST1
Interface
---------------Gi1/1
Gi1/2
Gi1/3
Gi1/45
##### MST2
Bridge
Root
Role
---Desg
Desg
Desg
Desg
Role
---Desg
Desg
Desg
Desg
Sts
--FWD
FWD
FWD
FWD
Cost
--------20000
20000
20000
20000
Prio.Nbr
-------128.1
128.2
128.3
128.45
vlans mapped:
30,40
address 0010.0db1.7100
port
Gi1/3
Interface
---------------Gi1/1
Gi1/2
Gi1/3
Role
---Desg
Desg
Root
Sts
--FWD
FWD
FWD
Cost
--------20000
20000
20000
(0 sysid 1)
Type
-------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
Edge P2p
priority
priority
cost
Prio.Nbr
-------128.1
128.2
128.3
4098 (4096 sysid 2)

2
(0 sysid 2)
20000
rem hops19
Type
-------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
On Cisco-Core-2
Parameters of MSTP configuration.
Core-Cisco-2#show spanning-tree mst configuration
Name
[procurve-cisco]
Revision 1
Instances configured 3
Instance Vlans mapped

-------- ------------------------------------------------------0
2-9,11-19,21-29,31-39,41-4094
1
1,10,20
2
30,40
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Status of MSTP spanning tree in each instance.

Cisco-Core-1 (0010.0db1.7100 ) is root in instances 0 and 1.
Cisco-Core-2 (0010.0db3.1200) is root in instance 2.
Core-Cisco-2#show spanning-tree mst
##### MST0
Bridge
Root
vlans mapped:
2-9,11-19,21-29,31-39,41-4094
4096 (4096 sysid 0)
0
(0 sysid 0)
port
Gi1/3
path cost
0
Regional Root address 0010.0db1.7100 priority
0
(0 sysid 0)
internal cost 20000
rem hops 19
Operational
hello time 2 , forward delay 15, max age 20, txholdcount 6
Configured
hello time 2 , forward delay 15, max age 20, max hops
20
Interface
---------------Gi1/1
Gi1/2
Gi1/3
##### MST1
Bridge
Root
Sts
--FWD
FWD
FWD
Cost
--------20000
20000
20000
Prio.Nbr
-------128.1
128.2
128.3
Type
-------------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
vlans mapped:
1,10,20
port
Gi1/3
cost
Interface
---------------Gi1/1
Gi1/2
Gi1/3
##### MST2
Bridge
Root
Role
---Desg
Desg
Root
Role
---Desg
Desg
Root
Sts
--FWD
FWD
FWD
Cost
--------20000
20000
20000
Prio.Nbr
-------128.1
128.2
128.3
vlans mapped:
30,40
this switch for MST2
Interface
---------------Gi1/1
Gi1/2
Gi1/3
Role
---Desg
Desg
Desg
Sts
--FWD
FWD
FWD
Cost
--------20000
20000
20000
Type
-------------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
priority
Prio.Nbr
-------128.1
128.2
128.3
4097 (4096 sysid 1)

1
(0 sysid 1)
20000
rem hops 19
(0 sysid 2)
Type
-------------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
On ProCurve-Edge-1
Parameters of MSTP configuration.
Note that display shows IST instance without any Vlans. In fact the vlans,
including those not yet created, that are not associated with an existing
instance are mapped to the IST instance.
ProCurve-Edge-1# show spanning-tree mst-config
MST Configuration Identifier Information
MST Configuration Name : procurve-cisco
MST Configuration Revision : 1
MST Configuration Digest : 0x2DC307C6A31621DC6311050884E69C4E

IST Mapped VLANs :
Instance ID
----------1
2
Mapped VLANs
--------------------------------------------------1,10,20
30,40
The following display shows ports configuration.

Note that uplinks are set as Non edge and others are set as Edge.
ProCurve-Edge-1# show spanning-tree 1-5 config
Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Configuration Information
STP Enabled [No] : Yes
Force Version [MSTP-operation] : MSTP-operation
Default Path Costs [802.1t] : 802.1t
MST Configuration Name : procurve-cisco
MST Configuration Revision : 1
Switch Priority : 32768
Forward Delay [15] : 15
Hello Time [2] : 2
Max Age [20] : 20
Max Hops [20] : 20
|
Port Type
|
---- --------1 100/1000T |
2 100/1000T |
3 100/1000T |
4 100/1000T |
5 100/1000T |
Prio
Cost
rity Edge Pnt-to-Pnt MCheck Hello Time
+ --------- ----- ---- ----------- ------ -----Auto
128
No
Force-True Yes
Use Global
Auto
128
No
Force-True Yes
Use Global
Auto
128
No
Force-True Yes
Use Global
Auto
128
Yes Force-True Yes
Use Global
Auto
128
Yes Force-True Yes
Use Global
BPDU
Filter
No
No
No
No
No
Status in IST Instance: Root port is 1 and alternate (blocked) is 2

ProCurve-Edge-1# show spanning-tree 1-2 instance ist
IST Instance Information
Instance ID : 0
Mapped VLANs :
Switch Priority
: 32768
Topology Change Count

Time Since Last Change
: 4
: 11 mins
Regional Root MAC Address

Regional Root Priority
Regional Root Path Cost
Regional Root Port
Remaining Hops
Port
---1
2
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
Cost
--------20000
20000
:
:
:
:
:
00100d-b17100
0
20000
1
19
Priority
-------128
128
Role
---------Root
Alternate
State
---------Forwarding
Blocking
Designated
Bridge
------------00100d-b17100
00100d-b31200
Status in Instance 1: Root port is 1 and alternate (blocked) is 2

ProCurve-Edge-1# show spanning-tree 1-2 instance 1
MST Instance Information
Instance ID : 1
Mapped VLANs : 1,10,20
Switch Priority
: 32768

: 2
: 13 mins

Regional Root Port
Remaining Hops
Port
---1
2
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
Cost
--------20000
20000
:
:
:
:
:
00100d-b17100
0
20000
1
19
Priority
-------128
128
Role
---------Root
Alternate
State
---------Forwarding
Blocking
Designated
Bridge
------------00100d-b17100
00100d-b31200
Status in Instance 2: Root port is 2 and alternate (blocked) is 1

ProCurve-Edge-1# show spanning-tree 1-2 instance 2
MST Instance Information
Instance ID : 2
Mapped VLANs : 30,40
Switch Priority
: 32768

: 4
: 13 mins

Regional Root Port
Remaining Hops
Port
---1
2
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
Cost
--------20000
20000
:
:
:
:
:
00100d-b31200
0
20000
2
19
Priority
-------128
128
Role
---------Alternate
Root
State
---------Blocking
Forwarding
ProCurve-Edge-1# show spanning-tree 1-2

Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Information
STP Enabled
: Yes
Force Version : MSTP-operation
IST Mapped VLANs :
Filtered Ports
:
Switch MAC Address : 001635-b487c0
Switch Priority
: 32768
Max Age : 20
Max Hops : 20
Forward Delay : 15
Topology Change Count : 10
Time Since Last Change : 53 secs
CST
CST
CST
CST
Root
Root
Root
Root
MAC Address
Priority
Path Cost
Port
:
:
:
:
00100d-b31200
4096
0
2
IST
IST
IST
IST

Remaining Hops
:
:
:
:
00100d-b31200
4096
20000
19
Designated
Bridge
------------00100d-b17100
00100d-b31200
|
Prio
| Designated
Hello
Port Type
| Cost
rity State
| Bridge
Time PtP
---- --------- + --------- ----- ---------- + ------------- ----1 100/1000T | 20000
128
Blocking
| 001635-b487c0 2
Yes
2 100/1000T | 20000
128
Forwarding | 00100d-b31200 2
Yes
Edge
--No
No
IP and HSRP Status

Displays are shown to explain
Core-Cisco-1#show ip int brief

Interface
IP-Address
Vlan1
10.1.1.1
Vlan10
10.1.10.1
Vlan20
10.1.20.1
Vlan30
10.1.30.1
Vlan40
10.1.40.1
OK?
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Method
manual
manual
manual
manual
manual
Status
up
up
up
up
up
Core-Cisco-1#sh standby brief

P indicates configured to preempt.
|
Interface
Grp Prio P State
Active
Standby
Vl1
1
255 P Active
local
10.1.1.2
Vl10
10 255 P Active
local
10.1.10.2
Vl20
20 255 P Active
local
10.1.20.2
Vl30
30 100
Standby 10.1.30.2
local
Vl40
40 100
Standby 10.1.40.2
local
Core-Cisco-2#show ip int brief
Interface
IP-Address
Vlan1
10.1.1.2
Vlan10
10.1.10.2
Vlan20
10.1.20.2
Vlan30
10.1.30.2
Vlan40
10.1.40.2
OK?
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Method
manual
manual
manual
manual
manual
Protocol
up
up
up
up
up
Virtual IP
10.1.1.254
10.1.10.254
10.1.20.254
10.1.30.254
10.1.40.254
Status
up
up
up
up
up
Protocol
up
up
up
up
up
Core-Cisco-2#sh standby brief

P indicates configured to preempt.
|
Interface
Grp Prio P State
Active
Standby
Vl1
1
100
Standby 10.1.1.1
local
Vl10
10 100
Standby 10.1.10.1
local
Vl20
20 100
Standby 10.1.20.1
local
Vl30
30 255 P Active
local
10.1.30.1
Vl40
40 255 P Active
local
10.1.40.1
Virtual IP
10.1.1.254
10.1.10.254
10.1.20.254
10.1.30.254
10.1.40.254
Cisco as Core running PVST+, HP ProCurve as Edge

running RSTP
Procurve-Edge-1
Cisco-1
Cisco-2
Uplinks are tagged with VLANs 10,20, 30 & 40

Untagged in Vlan 1 (Native-Vlan)
In this topology, uplinks are tagged with VLANs 10, 20, 30 and 40 and
untagged for VLAN 1. On Cisco, it is named the Native VLAN.
In PVST+ Cisco-1 is the primary Root for VLANs 1, 10 and 20 and Cisco-2 the
secondary Root.
Cisco-2 is the primary Root for VLANs 30 and 40 and Cisco-1 the secondary
Root.
ProCurve-Edge-1 is an access switch.
Cisco-1 PVST+ Configuration

Following define PVST+ Spanning-Tree mode, allows PVST+ to run for VLANs
above 1023 an up to 4095.
Conf t
hostname Cisco-1
Spanning-Tree mode pvst
Spanning-Tree extend system-id
Cisco-1 is the primary Root for VLAN 1, 10, 20 and the secondary Root for
VLAN 30,40
Spanning-Tree vlan 1,10,20 priority 0
Spanning-Tree vlan 30,40 priority 4096
Although it is not mandatory, the STP timers have been lowered to speed
convergence time. One should pay attention in using those values as it may
create instability if not applied properly. The following values are acceptable
in a network with a diameter of 3, which means that BPDUs will not cross
more than 3 switches before returning to originator Root switch.
Spanning-Tree vlan 1,10,20,30,40 hello-time 1

Spanning-Tree vlan 1,10,20,30,40 forward-time 4
Spanning-Tree vlan 1,10,20,30,40 max-age 6
!
Access ports are configured in PortFast mode
Spanning-Tree portfast
exit
802.1q link (Cisco trunk) Configuration
interface range GigabitEthernet1/0/1 - 4
Assignment of Access ports to VLAN
interface range FastEthernet1/0/10
- 19
- 29
- 39
- 48
PVST+ configuration of Cisco-2

Configuration of Cisco-2 is similar to Cisco-1s.
Conf t
hostname Cisco-2
PVST+ Spanning-Tree Configuration
Allows PVST+ to run for VLANs above 1023 and up to 4095.
Cisco-2 is the secondary Root for VLANs 1, 10, 20 and primary Root for
VLANs 30,40
Spanning-Tree vlan 1,10,20 priority 4096
Spanning-Tree vlan 30,40 priority 0
When changed, timers must be changed on primary and on secondary Roots.

Spanning-Tree vlan 1,10,20,30,40
!
Enable PortFast on all ports except the Cisco
hello-time 1
forward-time 4
max-age 6
trunk ports
Spanning-Tree portfast default
ProCurve Edge-1 configuration

ProCurve Edge-1 is an Edge/Access switch.
Conf
STP configuration. Default mode is RSTP.
In RSTP mode, default configuration of all ports is Point-to-Point and Edge
(fast convergence). To follow the specifications of the standard, the Uplinks
are defined as Point-to-Point and Non Edge.
no Spanning-Tree A15-A16 edge-port
The following enables Spanning-Tree.
Spanning-Tree
Default mode is RSTP (802.1w), other modes are Standard STP (802.1D) and
MSTP (802.1s). Changing mode requires a reboot.
VLANs configuration
vlan 1
ip address 10.1.1.10 255.255.255.0
vlan 10
untagged B1-B4
tagged A15-A16
vlan 20
untagged B5-B9
tagged A15-A16
vlan 30
untagged B10-B14
tagged A15-A16
vlan 40
untagged B15-B19
tagged A15-A16
Checking STP status

In the following displays, Mac address of Cisco-1 is 0013.c382.a900 and Mac
address of Cisco-2 is 0013.c392.d200.
PVST+ status on Cisco-1.

Display confirms Cisco-1 as the primary Root for VLANs 1, 10, 20 and
secondary Root for VLANs 30 and 40 and all ports are in forwarding mode.
Cisco-1#sh Spanning-Tree
VLAN0001
Spanning-Tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID
Priority
1
Address
0013.c382.a900 (Cisco-1)
This bridge is the root
Hello Time
1 sec Max Age 6 sec Forward Delay
Bridge ID
Priority
1
(priority 0 sys-id-ext 1)
Address
0013.c382.a900
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Gi1/0/4
Role
---Desg
Desg
Desg
Sts Cost
--- --------FWD 4
FWD 4
FWD 4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
128.6
Priority
10
Address
0013.c382.a900
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Gi1/0/4
Role
---Desg
Desg
Desg
Sts Cost
--- --------FWD 4
FWD 4
FWD 4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
128.6
4 sec
Type
-----------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
VLAN0010
Root ID
Priority
10
Address
0013.c382.a900 (Cisco-1)
Hello Time
Bridge ID
4 sec
4 sec
4 sec
Type
-----------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
VLAN0020
(skip)
VLAN0030
Root ID
Priority
30
Address
0013.c392.d200 (Cisco-2)
Cost
4
Port
6 (GigabitEthernet1/0/4)
Hello Time
Bridge ID
Priority
4126
Address
0013.c382.a900
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Role
---Desg
Desg
Sts Cost
--- --------FWD 4
FWD 4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
4 sec
4 sec
Type
-----------------------P2p
P2p
Gi1/0/4
Root FWD
128.6
P2p
VLAN0040
(skip)
PVST+ status on Cisco-2.

Display confirms Cisco-2 as the primary Root for VLANs 30 and 40 and
secondary Root for VLANs 1, 10 and 20 and all ports are in forwarding mode.
Cisco-2#sh span
VLAN0001
Root ID
Priority
1
Address
0013.c382.a900 (Cisco-1)
Cost
4
Port
Hello Time
Bridge ID
Priority
4097
Address
0013.c392.d200
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Gi1/0/4
Role
---Desg
Desg
Root
Sts Cost
--- --------FWD 4
FWD 4
FWD 4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
128.6
Priority
4106
Address
0013.c392.d200
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Gi1/0/4
Role
---Desg
Desg
Root
Sts Cost
--- --------FWD 4
FWD 4
FWD 4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
128.6
4 sec
Type
-----------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
VLAN0010
Root ID
Priority
10
Address
0013.c382.a900 (Cisco-1)
Cost
4
Port
Hello Time
Bridge ID
4 sec
4 sec
4 sec
Type
-----------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
VLAN0020
(skip)
VLAN0030
Root ID
Priority
30
Address
0013.c392.d200 (Cisco-2)
Hello Time
Bridge ID
Priority
30
4 sec
Address
0013.c392.d200
Hello Time
1 sec Max Age
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Gi1/0/4
Role
---Desg
Desg
Desg
Sts Cost
--- --------FWD 4
FWD 4
FWD 4
6 sec
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
128.6
Forward Delay
4 sec
Type
-----------------------P2p
P2p
P2p
VLAN0040
(skip)
ProCurve-Edge-1 STP status

Check Spanning-Tree configuration of ProCurve-Edge-1
ProCurve-Edge-1# sh span config
Rapid Spanning-Tree Configuration
STP Enabled [No] : Yes
Force Version [RSTP-operation] : RSTP-operation
Switch Priority [8] : 8
Hello Time [2] : 2
Max Age [20] : 20
Forward Delay [15] : 15
Port Type
---- --------(skip)
A15 100/1000T
A16 100/1000T
B1
10/100TX
(skip)
B24 10/100TX
| Cost
Priority Edge Point-to-Point MCheck
+ --------- -------- ---- -------------- -----| 20000
| 20000
| 20000
8
8
8
No
No
Yes
Force-True
Force-True
Force-True
Yes
Yes
Yes
| 20000
Yes
Force-True
Yes
Check Spanning-Tree status.

STP status is driven by the PVST+ configuration in VLAN 1. Cisco-1 is seen as
the Root.
ProCurve-Edge-1# show Spanning-Tree A15-A16
Rapid Spanning-Tree (RSTP) Information
STP Enabled : Yes
Force Version : RSTP-operation
Max Age : 6
Hello Time : 1
Forward Delay : 4

Time Since Last Change : 2 mins
Root
Root
Root
Root
MAC Address : 0013c3-82a900 (Cisco-1)

Path Cost : 20000
Port : A15
Priority : 1
Port
---A15
A16
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
Cost
--------20000
20000
Priority
-------128
128
State
---------Forwarding
Blocking
|
+
|
|
Designated Bridge
----------------0013c3-82a900
0013c3-92d200
The Spanning-Tree timers defined in VLAN 1 dictate convergence time. With

default timers (Hello=2 sec, Forward Delay= 15 sec, Max-age=20 sec),
convergence time is between 30 and 50 sec. With the values that we applied
(Hello=1 sec, Forward Delay= 4 sec, Max-age=6 sec), convergence time
never exceeded 8 sec.
Conclusion
See figure for resulting STP topology.
If Cores of L2 networks are Cisco switches, one should take care of
configuration of PVST+ in VLAN 1 (Native VLAN) as that will dictate the
resulting topology. STP Timers in Native-VLAN will drive convergence time
What about Cisco Rapid PVST?

The same test has been run implementing the Rapid PVST mode on the Cisco
cores.
Regarding finale topology, same results have been obtained. However no
significant improvement in speed convergence has resulted.
In other words, HP ProCurve RSTP and Cisco Rapid PVST interacts in Vlan 1
as RSTP or standard STP interacts with PVST, but Rapid STP mechanisms are
not functioning.
In its Rapid PVST mode implementation, Cisco does not use the standard
costs of Rapid STP but rather the cost of standard STP. For example Fast
Ethernet cost is 19 and not 200000.
HP ProCurve as Core running RSTP, Cisco as Edge

running PVST+
Sample topology
In this topology, uplinks are tagged for VLANs 10, 20, 30 and 40 and
untagged for VLAN 1.
ProCurve-Core-1 and 2 are defined as Root and secondary Root of RSTP.
Cisco-1 and Cisco-2 use standard PVST+ configuration.
In the following, only the Spanning-Tree Configuration is shown.
Configuration of RSTP on ProCurve-Core-1 and 2

Conf
hostname "ProCurve-Core-1/2"
Uplink ports are defined as Non Edge. Default is Edge and Point-to-Point.
no Spanning-Tree A14-A16 edge-port
ProCurve-Core-1 is the Root (priority 0) of the STP and ProCurve-Core-2 the
secondary Root (priority 1).
Spanning-Tree priority 0
STP timers are lowered to speed convergence time.
Values are acceptable for a network where access switches are connected
directly to the core switches or are in a stack connected directly to the cores.
Spanning-Tree forward-delay 4 hello-time 1 maximum-age 6
Following command enables Spanning-Tree. Default mode is RSTP
(802.1w).
Spanning-Tree
Configuration of PVST+ on Cisco-1 and Cisco-2

Cisco-1 and Cisco-2 are defined as access switches
hostname Cisco-1/2
interface range GigabitEthernet1/0/1 - 4
Check status of Spanning-Tree

On ProCurve-Core-1
ProCurve-Core-1 is Root for the STP
ProCurve-Core-1# show span a14-a16
STP Enabled : Yes
Switch Priority : 0
Max Age : 6
Hello Time : 1
Forward Delay : 4

Root
Root
Root
Root
MAC Address : 000e7f-060100

Path Cost : 0
Port : This switch is root
Priority : 0
Port
---A14
A15
A16
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
Cost
--------20000
20000
20000
Priority
-------128
128
128
State
---------Forwarding
Forwarding
Forwarding
|
+
|
|
|
Designated Bridge
----------------000e7f-060100
000e7f-060100
000e7f-060100
On ProCurve-Core-2
ProCurve-Core-1 is seen, as expected, as the Root switch.
Note that uplinks A15 and A16 are in blocking state, i.e. theyre not the
designated port of their segment.
The first criterion to elect the Designated port of a segment is the path-cost
of switch to the Root. In this case the Root path-cost of access switches
Cisco-1 and 2 (value 4) is lower than the Root path-cost of ProCurve-Edge-2

(value 20000).
Cisco switches use standard STP values (4 for Gigabit, 19 for Fast Ethernet)
and HP ProCurve switches use Rapid STP values (20000 For Gigabit, 200000
for Fast Ethernet).
ProCurve-Core-2# sh span a14-a16
STP Enabled : Yes
Max Age : 6
Hello Time : 1
Forward Delay : 4

Root
Root
Root
Root
MAC Address : 000e7f-060100 (ProCurve-Core-1)

Path Cost : 20000
Port : A14
Priority : 0
Port
---A14
A15
A16
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
Cost
--------20000
20000
20000
Priority
-------128
128
128
State
---------Forwarding
Blocking
Blocking
The following figure shows the resulting STP topology
|
+
|
|
|
Designated Bridge
----------------000e7f-060100
0013c3-82a900
0013c3-92d200
STP status in VLAN 1 on Cisco-1 and 2

ProCurve-Core-1 is seen as the Root. Uplinks (Gigabit Ethernet port) are
Root or Designated ports
Cisco-1#show Spanning-Tree
VLAN0001
Root ID
Priority
0
Address
000e.7f06.0100
Cost
4
Port
Hello Time
Bridge ID
4 sec
Priority
32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)
Address
0013.c382.a900
Hello Time
2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Role
---Root
Desg
Sts
--FWD
FWD
Cost
--------4
4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
Type
-------------------------P2p
P2p
Cisco-2#sh Spanning-Tree vlan 1

VLAN0001
Root ID
Priority
0
Address
000e.7f06.0100 (ProCurve-Core-1)
Cost
4
Port
Hello Time
Bridge ID
4 sec
Priority
Address
0013.c392.d200
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Role
---Root
Desg
Sts Cost
--- --------FWD 4
FWD 4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
Type
-------------------------P2p
P2p
STP status in VLAN 10, 20, 30 and 40 of Cisco-1 and 2

In VLANs 10, 20, 30 and 40, ProCurve-Core-1 and 2 forward Cisco PVST
BPDUs as any other frames. They are transparent to the Cisco switches.
Cisco-1 is the Root switch because of its Mac address.
VLAN0010
Root ID
Priority
32778
Address
0013.c382.a900
Hello Time
2 sec Max Age 20 sec
Bridge ID
Forward Delay 15 sec
Priority
Address
0013.c382.a900
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Role
---Desg
Desg
Sts
--FWD
FWD
Cost
--------4
4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
Type
-------------------------P2p Peer(STP)
P2p

VLAN0010
Root ID
Priority
32778
Address
0013.c382.a900 (Cisco-1)
Cost
4
Port
Hello Time
Bridge ID
Priority
Address
0013.c392.d200
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Role
---Root
Desg
Sts
--FWD
FWD
Cost
--------4
4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
Type
-------------------------P2p
P2p
From Cisco switches, STP Topology in VLANs 10, 20, 30 and 40 appears as
follows:
Change of STP path-cost on ProCurve-Core-1 and 2

To change the status of blocking ports on ProCurve-Core-2, we change the
cost of uplinks.
ProCurve-Core-1# conf
We define the value of path-cost of uplinks as 3.

ProCurve-Core-1(config)# Spanning-Tree a14-a16 path-cost 3
ProCurve-Core-2(config)# Spanning-Tree a14-a16 path-cost 3

Status on ProCurve-Core-2
Now, ProCurve-2 is closer to Root switch than the access-switches.
So all ports are in Designated state.
ProCurve-Core-2# show span A14-A16
STP Enabled : Yes
Max Age : 6
Hello Time : 1
Forward Delay : 4

Root
Root
Root
Root
MAC Address : 000e7f-060100

Path Cost : 3
Port : A14
Priority : 0
Port
---A14
A15
A16
Type
--------100/1000T
100/1000T
100/1000T
Cost
--------3
3
3
Priority
-------128
128
128
State
---------Forwarding
Forwarding
Forwarding
|
+
|
|
|
Designated Bridge
----------------000e7f-060100
000e7f-058400
000e7f-058400
PVST+ Status on Cisco-1 and 2

In VLAN 1, port status follows the rules of standard STP. ProCurve-Core-1 is
Root, ProCurve-Core-2 is secondary Root.
Cisco-1#sh span vlan 1
VLAN0001
Root ID
Priority
0
Address
000e.7f06.0100 (ProCurve-Core-1)
Cost
4
Port
Hello Time
Bridge ID
4 sec
Priority
Address
0013.c382.a900
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Role
---Root
Altn
Sts
--FWD
BLK
Cost
--------4
4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
Type
-------------------------P2p
P2p
In VLAN 10, 20, 30 and 40, Status is the same as before

Cisco-1#sh span vlan 10
VLAN0010
Root ID
Priority
32778
Cost
4
Address
0013.c382.a900 (cisco-1)
Hello Time
Bridge ID
Priority
Address
0013.c382.a900
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Role
---Desg
Back
Sts
--FWD
BLK
Cost
--------4
4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
Type
-----------------------P2p Peer(STP)
P2p Peer(STP)
On Cisco-2
Cisco-2#sh span
VLAN0001
Root ID
Priority
0
Address
000e.7f06.0100
Cost
4
Port
Hello Time
Bridge ID
4 sec
Priority
Address
0013.c392.d200
Hello Time
Aging Time 300
Interface
---------------Gi1/0/1
Gi1/0/2
Role
---Root
Altn
Sts
--FWD
BLK
Cost
--------4
4
Prio.Nbr
-------128.3
128.4
Type
-------------------------P2p
P2p
IP routing Interoperability
Sample topology
The following topology is used to demonstrate L3 configuration and
interoperability between Cisco and HP ProCurve L3 Switches routing protocols
RIP and OSPF.
All links are untagged.
RIP configuration
RIP Configuration on HP ProCurve

conf
hostname ProCurve
Enabling IP Routing allows the forwarding of IP packets between VLANs. It is

a mandatory step before configuring RIP and OSPF.
ip routing
VLAN configuration and IP addressing

Vlan 110
untagged 1-10
ip address 10.1.10.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Vlan 120
untagged 11-20
ip address 10.1.20.1 255.255.255.0

exit
Vlan 130
untagged 21-30
ip address 10.1.30.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Vlan 140
untagged 31-40
ip address 10.1.40.1 255.255.255.0
exit
vlan 100
untagged 48
ip address 10.1.100.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Enable RIP. By default RIP is in Version 2.
router rip
exit
RIP requires to be defined in the Vlan in which there are one or more RIP
Neighbors. It is not necessary to enable RIP in the other VLANs. When RIP is
enabled, connected networks are automatically redistributed into RIP.
vlan 100
ip rip
exit
RIP Configuration on Cisco
Conf t
hostname Cisco
VLANs creation and port assignment

Vlan 10, 20, 30, 40, 100
Switchport access vlan 210
Interface gi1/0/1
IP addresses
interface Vlan100
ip address 10.1.100.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface Vlan210
ip address 10.2.10.1 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface Vlan220
ip address 10.2.20.1 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface Vlan230
ip address 10.2.30.1 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface Vlan240
ip address 10.2.40.1 255.255.255.0
RIP protocol enabling. The Network command defines the IP Interfaces of a

classfull network (10/8) on which RIP is enabled. Version 2 is enabled on all
RIP Interfaces
router rip
network 10.0.0.0
version 2
RIP announcements are blocked on all IP Interfaces connected to a stub

network using the passive-interface command:
passive-interface
passive-interface
passive-interface
passive-interface
Vlan210
Vlan220
Vlan230
Vlan240
Checking RIP
RIP Status on HP ProCurve

ProCurve1# show ip rip
RIP global parameters
RIP protocol
Auto-summary
Default Metric
Distance
Route changes
Queries
:
:
:
:
:
:
enabled
enabled
1
120
4
0
RIP interface information

IP Address
Status
Send mode
Recv mode Metric
Auth
--------------- ----------- ---------------- --------- ---------- ---10.1.100.1
enabled
V2-only
V2-only
1
none
RIP peer information

IP Address
Bad routes Last update timeticks
--------------- ----------- --------------------10.1.100.2
0
2
ProCurve1# ProCurve1# show ip route rip

IP Route Entries
Destination
Gateway
VLAN Type
Sub-Type Metric
------------------ --------------- ---- --------- ------- -----10.2.10.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 rip
2
10.2.20.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 rip
2
10.2.30.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 rip
2
10.2.40.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 rip
2
Dist.
---120
120
120
120
ProCurve1# show ip route connected

IP Route Entries
Destination
Gateway
VLAN Type
Sub-Type Metric Dist.
------------------ --------------- ---- --------- --------- ------ ---10.1.10.0/24
VLAN110
110 connected
0
0
10.1.20.0/24
VLAN120
120 connected
0
0
10.1.30.0/24
VLAN130
130 connected
0
0
10.1.40.0/24
VLAN140
140 connected
0
0
10.1.100.0/24
VLAN100
100 connected
0
0
127.0.0.1/32
lo0
connected
0
0
127.0.0.0/8
reject
static
0
250
RIP Status on Cisco

Cisco1#show ip route connected
10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 9 subnets
C
10.2.10.0 is directly connected, Vlan110
C
C
C
C
Cisco1#show ip route rip
R
10.1.10.0 [120/1] via 10.1.100.1,
R
10.1.20.0 [120/1] via 10.1.100.1,
R
10.1.30.0 [120/1] via 10.1.100.1,
R
10.1.40.0 [120/1] via 10.1.100.1,
00:00:01,
00:00:01,
00:00:01,
00:00:01,
Vlan100
Vlan100
Vlan100
Vlan100
Other RIP features
Announcing a default route

Configuring a default route on Cisco
A default route can be announced by creating a default static route and
redistribute it with a redistribute static command, or, using the ip defaultnetwork command:
Cisco1(config)#ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.2.30.2

Cisco1(config)#router rip
Cisco1(config-router)#redistribute static
Cisco1(config-router)#default-metric 4
or, using the ip default-network command:

Cisco1(config)#ip default-network 10.0.0.0
and checking announcement on HP ProCurve

ProCurve1# show ip route rip
IP Route Entries
Destination
Gateway
VLAN Type
Sub-Type
Metric
Dist.
------------------ --------------- ---- --------- ---------- ---------- ---0.0.0.0/0
10.2.10.0/24
10.2.20.0/24
10.2.30.0/24
10.2.40.0/24
10.1.100.2
10.1.100.2
10.1.100.2
10.1.100.2
10.1.100.2
100
100
100
100
100
rip
rip
rip
rip
rip
2
2
2
2
2
120
120
120
120
120
Configuring a default route on HP ProCurve

ProCurve1(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.20.2
ProCurve1(config)# router rip
ProCurve1(rip)# redistribute static
ProCurve1(rip)# default-metric 6
and checking announcement on Cisco

Cisco1#show ip route rip
*
R
10.1.10.0 [120/6] via 10.1.100.1, 00:00:21, Vlan100
R
10.1.20.0 [120/6] via 10.1.100.1, 00:00:21, Vlan100
R
10.1.30.0 [120/6] via 10.1.100.1, 00:00:21, Vlan100
R
10.1.40.0 [120/6] via 10.1.100.1, 00:00:21, Vlan100
R*
0.0.0.0/0 [120/6] via 10.1.100.1, 00:00:21, Vlan100
Auto-summary
By default, RIP summarizes IP subnets announcement to a classfull
network on a network boundary. For example the subnet 10.1.1.0/24
is announced as 10.0.0.0/8 on the IP interface 192.168.1.1. To disable
this behavior:
ProCurve1(config)#router rip
ProCurve1(rip)#no auto-summary
Cisco1(config-router)#No auto-summary
RIP Version
On HP ProCurve switches, RIP is in version 2 on all interfaces. On Cisco
RIP is sent in Version 1 and can be received in version 1 and 2.
On HP ProCurve, changing version is done is the IP interface (vlan)
level:
ProCurve1(config)#Vlan 110
ProCurve1(vlan-10)#ip rip v1-only
ProCurve1(vlan-10)#ip rip v2-only
ProCurve1(vlan-10)#ip rip v1-compatible-v2
On Cisco, changing version is done in protocol level or in IP interface

level:
Cisco1(config-router)#version 2
Cisco1(config-if)#int vlan 100
Cisco1(config-if)#ip rip send version 2
Cisco1(config-if)#ip rip receive version 1 2
Redistribution and RIP Filtering

On HP ProCurve, connected and static networks can be redistributed. Note
that redistribution of connected network is default.
ProCurve1(config)#router rip
ProCurve1(rip)#redistribute static
ProCurve1(rip)#redistribute connected
ProCurve1(rip)#default-metric 4
Some of the Redistributed networks can be filtered:

ProCurve1(rip)#restrict 10.1.10.0 255.255.255.0
On Cisco, filtering of redistributed networks, can be done with a distribute

list:
Cisco1(config-router)#redistribute static
Cisco1(config-router)#default-metric 4
Cisco1(config-router)#distribute-list 1 out
Cisco1(config-router)#access-list 1 permit 10.1.10.0 0.0.0.255
OSPF Single Area
HP ProCurve OSPF configuration

hostname "ProCurve"
Enable routing and configure Vlan and IP addresses

ip routing
vlan 100
untagged 48
ip address 10.1.100.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Vlan 110
untagged 1-9
ip address 10.1.10.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Vlan 120
untagged 10-19
ip address 10.1.20.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Vlan 130
untagged 20-29
ip address 10.1.30.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Vlan 140
untagged 30-44
ip address 10.1.40.1 255.255.255.0
exit
Configuring OSPF: first a unique Router-Identifier is defined, OSPF enabled

and OSPF area(s) created:
ip router-id 1.1.1.1
router ospf
area backbone
exit
IP interfaces area assigned to Area 0 (backbone)

vlan 100
ip ospf
exit
Vlan 110
ip ospf
exit
Vlan 120
ip ospf
exit
Vlan 130
ip ospf
exit
Vlan 140
ip ospf
exit
area 0
area 0
area 0
area 0
area 0
Cisco OSPF configuration

conf t
hostname Cisco
Vlan creation and port assignment
Vlan 10, 20, 30, 10, 100

Interface gi1/0/1
IP routing is activated and IP addresses are assigned to VLAN Interfaces:

ip routing
interface Vlan100
ip address 10.1.100.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface Vlan210
ip address 10.2.10.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface Vlan220
ip address 10.2.20.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface Vlan230
ip address 10.2.30.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface Vlan240
ip address 10.2.40.2 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
OSPF Configuration: a unique router-id is defined and IP interfaces are

assigned to Area 0.
router ospf 1
router-id 2.2.2.2
network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
Checking IP and OSPF status

Checking status on HP ProCurve
List IP Interfaces:
ProCurve# show ip
Internet (IP) Service
IP Routing : Enabled
Default TTL
Arp Age
VLAN
-----------DEFAULT_VLAN
VLAN110
VLAN120
VLAN130
VLAN140
VLAN100
: 64
: 20
|
+
|
|
|
|
|
|
IP Config
---------Disabled
Manual
Manual
Manual
Manual
Manual
List connected IP routes:
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Proxy ARP
--------------- --------------- --------10.1.10.1
10.1.20.1
10.1.30.1
10.1.40.1
10.1.100.1
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
No
No
No
No
No
ProCurve# show ip route connected

IP Route Entries
Destination
Dist.
-----------------10.1.10.0/24
10.1.20.0/24
10.1.30.0/24
10.1.40.0/24
10.1.100.0/24
127.0.0.1/32
Gateway
VLAN Type
--------------VLAN110
VLAN120
VLAN130
VLAN140
VLAN100
lo0
---110
120
130
140
100
Sub-Type
Metric
--------- ---------- --------- ----connected

0
0
connected
0
0
connected
0
0
connected
0
0
connected
0
0
connected
0
0
List OSPF Interfaces:

ProCurve# show ip ospf interface
OSPF Interface Status
IP Address
--------------10.1.10.1
10.1.20.1
10.1.30.1
10.1.40.1
10.1.100.1
Status
-------enabled
enabled
enabled
enabled
enabled
Area ID
--------------backbone
backbone
backbone
backbone
backbone
State
------DR
DR
DR
DR
BDR
Auth-type
--------none
none
none
none
none
Cost
-----1
1
1
1
1
Priority
-------1
1
1
1
1
Before learning IP routes via OSPF, routers must establish

neighboring/adjacency. When routers agree to form an adjacency, they
exchange their topological database and become synchronized which is
described by FULL state.
ProCurve# show ip ospf neighbor
OSPF Neighbor Information
Router ID
Pri IP Address
NbIfState State
Rxmt QLen
Events
--------------- --- --------------- --------- -------- --------- -2.2.2.2
1
10.1.100.2
DR
FULL
0
11
List the learned IP Routes via OSPF:

ProCurve# show ip route ospf
IP Route Entries
Destination
Gateway
VLAN Type
Sub-Type
Metric
Dist.
------------------ --------------- ---- --------- ---------- ----------10.2.10.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
IntraArea 2
10.2.20.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
IntraArea 2
10.2.30.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
IntraArea 2
10.2.40.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
IntraArea 2
Checking OSPF status on Cisco

List IP interfaces status
Cisco#show ip int brief | include up
Vlan1
unassigned
YES
Vlan210
10.2.10.2
YES
Vlan220
10.2.20.2
YES
Vlan230
10.2.30.2
YES
Vlan240
10.2.40.2
YES
Vlan100
10.1.100.2
YES
manual
manual
manual
manual
manual
manual
up
up
up
up
up
up
down
up
up
up
up
up
--110
110
110
110
List IP connected routes

Cisco#show ip route connected
C
C
C
C
C
Check IP OSPF Neighboring

Cisco#show ip ospf neighbor
Neighbor ID
1.1.1.1
Pri
1
State
FULL/BDR
Dead Time
00:00:33
Address
10.1.100.1
Interface
Vlan100
Verify all IP interfaces have been assigned to OSPF Area

Cisco#show ip ospf interface brief
Interface
PID
Area
IP Address/Mask
F/C
Vl240
1
0
10.2.40.2/24
Vl230
1
0
10.2.30.2/24
Vl220
1
0
10.2.20.2/24
Vl210
1
0
10.2.10.2/24
Vl100
1
0
10.1.100.2/24
Cost
1
1
1
1
1
State Nbrs
DR
DR
DR
DR
DR
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
List learned IP routes via OSPF neighbor

Cisco#show ip route ospf
O
10.1.10.0 [110/2] via 10.1.100.1,
O
10.1.30.0 [110/2] via 10.1.100.1,
O
10.1.20.0 [110/2] via 10.1.100.1,
O
10.1.40.0 [110/2] via 10.1.100.1,
00:03:31,
00:03:31,
00:03:31,
00:03:31,
Vlan100
Vlan100
Vlan100
Vlan100
Redistribution into OSPF

Redistribute connected routes
An other way for announcing networks via OSPF is to use the redistribute
connected option. OSPF is enabled on the interfaces with an OSPF neighbor,
other networks are simply redistributed into OSPF.
Redistribute connected networks on Cisco
Connected networks are redistributed with a metric 100 and a metric-type 1.
Metric Type 1 means that metric is incremented with receiving interfaces
costs along the announcements. The default type is 2, metric is not
incremented. Subnets keyword is required to redistribute subnets of
classfull networks.
Conf t
router ospf 1
router-id 2.2.2.2
redistribute connected metric 100 metric-type 1 subnets
Following enables OSPF in VLAN 100 only

network 10.1.100.2 0.0.0.0 area 0
Redistribute connected networks on HP ProCurve
Connected networks are redistributed with metric 200 and metric-type 1

(Default type is 2)
conf
router ospf
area backbone
default-metric 200
metric-type type1
redistribute connected
exit
OSPF is enabled in VLAN 100 only

vlan 100
ip ospf area backbone
exit
Checking learned routes via OSPF on Cisco

Note OSPF type 1 and metric 201 (200 +1).
Cisco#show ip route ospf
O E1
10.1.10.0 [110/201] via 10.1.100.1,
O E1
10.1.30.0 [110/201] via 10.1.100.1,
O E1
10.1.20.0 [110/201] via 10.1.100.1,
O E1
10.1.40.0 [110/201] via 10.1.100.1,
00:04:04,
00:04:04,
00:04:04,
00:04:04,
Vlan100
Vlan100
Vlan100
Vlan100
Checking learned routes via OSPF on HP ProCurve

Note OSPF type 1 and metric 101 (100 + 1).
ProCurve# show ip route ospf
IP Route Entries
Destination
Gateway
VLAN Type
Sub-Type
Metric Dist.
----------------- -------------- ---- -------- --------- --------- ----10.2.10.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
External1 101
110
10.2.20.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
External1 101
110
10.2.30.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
External1 101
110
10.2.40.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
External1 101
110
Announcing a default route

Configuring announcement of a default route on HP ProCurve
Default route is announced into OSPF just like any other static route.
conf t
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.30.2
router ospf
redistribute static
default-metric 300
metric-type type1
exit
and checking on Cisco

Cisco1#show ip route ospf
10.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 9 subnets, 2 masks
O IA
10.1.10.0/23 [110/2] via 10.1.100.1, 00:01:52, Vlan100
O
10.2.10.0/23 is a summary, 01:04:57, Null0
O IA
10.1.30.0/24 [110/2] via 10.1.100.1, 00:01:52, Vlan100
O IA
10.1.20.0/24 [110/2] via 10.1.100.1, 00:01:52, Vlan100
O*E1 0.0.0.0/0 [110/301] via 10.1.100.1, 00:01:52, Vlan100
Configuring announcement of a default route on Cisco

router ospf 1
default-information originate metric 400 metric-type 1
default-metric 400
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.2.30.2
and checking on HP ProCurve

ProCurve1# show ip route ospf
IP Route Entries
Destination
Gateway
VLAN Type
Sub-Type
Metric
Dist.
---------------- ------------- ---- --------- ---------- ---------- ----0.0.0.0/0
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
External1 402
110
10.2.10.0/23
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
InterArea 2
110
10.2.20.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
InterArea 2
110
10.2.30.0/24
10.1.100.2
100 ospf
InterArea 2
110
453- Redistributing proprietary routing protocols into OSPF

HP ProCurve supports OSPF and RIP, two standard for Interior Gateway
Protocols (IGP). Cisco, support standards as well as proprietary IGP such as
IGRP and EIGRP. When mixing both environments one may have to support
both proprietary and standard routing protocols.
In this case, the solution is to mutually redistribute routing protocols on the
Cisco platform such as in the following example
Cisco-2 configuration: internal router in EIGRP autonomous system

EIGRP Configuration: 65 is the Autonomous System # for EIGRP and has
to be the same on all routers part of EIGRP. Interface with no neighbors are
defined as passive.
Interface vlan 310

Ip address 10.3.10.1 255.255.255.0
No shutdown
Interface vlan 200
Ip address 10.1.200.2 255.255.255.0
No shutdown
router eigrp 65
network 10.0.0.0
passive-interface vlan 310
Check EIGRP
Show ip eigrp neighbors

Show ip route eigrp
Cisco-1 configuration: gateway router between OSPF and EIGRP
IP Configuration.
Interface vlan 200

Ip address 10.1.200.1 255.255.255.0
No shutdown
Interface vlan 100
Ip address 10.1.100.2 255.255.255.0
No shutdown
EIGRP Configuration. The passive-interface on vlan 100 ensures that no
EIGRP messages are sent on the OSPF Vlan 100 interface
router eigrp 65
network 10.0.0.0
passive-interface vlan100
OSPF configuration.
Conf t
router ospf 1
router-id 2.2.2.2
network 10.1.100.2 0.0.0.0 area 0
Redistributing EIGRP into OSPF.
The Subnets keyword is required to redistribute subnets of classfull
networks into OSPF. A metric (default 20) and metric type (default type 2 =
non incremented) may be specified as follows:
router ospf 1
redistribute eigrp 65 metric 100 metric-type 1 subnets
Redistributing OSPF into EIGRP.
It is required to specify a metric for the redistribution into EIGRP to be
effective
router eigrp 65
redistribute ospf 1 metric 10000 100 255 1 1500
Note: if on a classfull network border (for example between 10.0.0.0/8 and
192.168.1.0/24) networks are by default automatically summarized within
EIGRP. If this causes connectivity issues, this can be disabled using
router eigrp 65
no auto-summary
Checking redistribution.
To check the redistribution effects, status should be displayed on the routers
that are neighbors of the redistributing router. In our example these are
Cisco-2 and ProCurve-1.
On Cisco-2, in EIGRP OSPF redistributed networks will appear as external
EIGRP networks with an Administrative distance of 170.
C
C
Cisco-2#show ip route
D*EX 10.1.10.0 [170/19768] via 10.1.200.1, 00:04:29, vlan200
D*EX 10.1.20.0 [170/19768] via 10.1.200.1, 00:04:29, vlan200
D*EX 10.1.30.0 [170/19768] via 10.1.200.1, 00:04:29, vlan200
D*EX 10.1.100.0 [170/19768] via 10.1.200.1, 00:04:29, vlan200
On ProCurve-1, in OSPF ,EIGRP Redistributed network will appear as external

OSPF networks
ProCurve-1# show ip route
IP Route Entries
Destination
Gateway
VLAN Type
Sub-Type
Metric
Dist.
----------------- ------------ ---- --------- ---------- --------- ----10.1.10.0/24
VLAN110
110 connected
0
0
10.1.20.0/24
VLAN120
120 connected
0
0
10.1.30.0/24
10.1.100.0/24
10.1.200.0/24
10.3.10.0/24
VLAN130
VLAN100
10.1.100.2
10.1.100.2
130
100
100
100
connected
connected
ospf
External1
ospf
External1
0
0
101
101
0
0
110
110
Configuration of Multiple OSPF areas

Sample topology
In this example, ProCurve-0 and Cisco-0 are Area Border Routers

(ABR). They interconnect Area 0 to other areas: the Areas 1 and 4, the
stub Areas 2 and 5 and the totally stubby areas 3 and 6.
Stub areas filter External networks and replace them by a default
route into the area. Totally stubby areas are stub areas that also filter
Summary networks and replace them by a default route into the area.
Note that the NSSA area type is not supported on HP ProCurve.
ProCurve as Area border router and Cisco as Internal

routers
Configuration of ProCurve-0 as ABR
VLANs and IP configuration
Conf t
hostname ProCurve-0
ip routing
vlan 110
ip address 10.1.10.1 255.255.255.0
ip address 10.1.11.1 255.255.255.0
exit
vlan 120
ip address 10.1.20.1 255.255.255.0
exit
vlan 130
ip address 10.1.30.1 255.255.255.0
exit
vlan 100
ip address 10.1.100.1 255.255.255.0
exit
OSPF configuration: enabling of OSPF and definition of OSPF areas

and their types:
router ospf
Area 0, the Backbone area, is standard

area backbone
Area 1 is standard
area 1
Area 2 is stub (filters External LSA). 22 defines the default metric of default
route generated in area 2
area 2 stub 22
Area 3 is totally stubby (filters External LSA and Summary LSA). 33 defines
the default metric of default route generated in area 3
area 3 stub 33 no-summary
When announced into area 0, IP subnets 10.1.10.0/24 and 10.1.11.0/24 will

be summarized as 10.1.10.0/23
area 1 range 10.1.10.0 255.255.254.0
exit
Assign the IP interfaces to the various OSPF areas

vlan 100
ip ospf
exit
vlan 110
ip ospf
exit
vlan 120
ip ospf
exit
vlan 130
ip ospf
exit
area 0
area 1
area 2
area 3
Checking status of OSPF neighbors

ProCurve-0# show ip ospf neighbors
Router ID
--------------1.0.0.1
1.0.0.2
1.0.0.3
2.2.2.2
Pri
--1
1
1
1
IP Address
--------------10.1.10.2
10.1.20.2
10.1.30.2
10.1.100.2
NbIfState
--------BDR
BDR
BDR
DR
State
-------FULL
FULL
FULL
FULL
Rxmt QLen
--------0
0
0
0
Events
---------6
6
6
6
Configuration of Cisco-1, internal router of standard Area 1

Conf t
hostname Cisco-1
ip routing
Interface Vlan 110
ip address 10.1.10.2 255.255.255.0
router ospf 1
router-id 1.0.0.1
log-adjacency-changes
network 10.1.0.0 0.0.255.255 area 1
Checking OSPF status on Cisco-1

Cisco-1#show ip ospf neigh
Neighbor ID
1.1.1.1
Pri
1
State
FULL/DR
Cisco-1#show ip ospf int brief

Interface
PID
Area
Vl110
1
1
Dead Time
00:00:35
Address
10.1.10.1
IP Address/Mask
10.1.10.2/24
Cost
1
Interface
Vlan1
State Nbrs F/C

BDR
1/1
Checking OSPF routes: networks from other areas appear as O IA or OSPF

Inter-Area networks.
Cisco-1#sho ip route ospf
O IA
10.1.30.0 [110/2] via 10.1.10.1, 00:01:54, Vlan110
O IA
10.2.30.0 [110/3] via 10.1.10.1, 00:01:54, Vlan110
O IA
10.2.20.0 [110/3] via 10.1.10.1, 00:01:54, Vlan110
O IA
10.1.20.0 [110/2] via 10.1.10.1, 00:01:54, Vlan110
O IA
10.1.100.0 [110/2] via 10.1.10.1, 00:01:54, Vlan110
Configuration of Cisco-2, internal router of stub Area 2

hostname Cisco-2
ip routing
Interface Vlan120
ip address 10.1.20.2 255.255.255.0
router ospf 1
router-id 1.0.0.2
area 2 stub
network 10.1.0.0 0.0.255.255 area 2
end

Cisco-2#show ip ospf neighbor
Neighbor ID
Interface
1.1.1.1
Pri
1
State
Dead Time
Address
FULL/DR
00:00:36
10.1.20.1

Interface
PID
Area
F/C
Vl120
1
2
Vlan120
IP Address/Mask
Cost
State Nbrs
10.1.20.2/24
BDR
1/1
Checking OSPF routes: OSPF networks from other areas appear as O IA or

OSPF Inter-Area networks. A default route is also generated in area 2 to
hide or summarize External networks (networks resulting of a
redistribute).
Note network 10.1.10.0/23 that results from summarization of Area 1.
Cisco-2#sho ip route ospf
10.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 6 subnets, 2 masks
O IA
10.1.10.0/23 [110/2] via 10.1.20.1, 00:01:19, Vlan120
O IA
10.1.30.0/24 [110/2] via 10.1.20.1, 00:01:19, Vlan120
O IA
10.2.30.0/24 [110/3] via 10.1.20.1, 00:01:19, Vlan120
O IA
10.2.20.0/24 [110/3] via 10.1.20.1, 00:01:19, Vlan120
O IA
10.1.100.0/24 [110/2] via 10.1.20.1, 00:01:19, Vlan120
O*IA 0.0.0.0/0 [110/23] via 10.1.20.1, 00:01:19, Vlan120
Configuration of Cisco-3, internal router of totally stubby Area 3

hostname Cisco-3
Interface Vlan130
ip address 10.1.30.2 255.255.255.0
router ospf 1
router-id 1.0.0.3
area 3 stub no-summary
network 10.1.0.0 0.0.255.255 area 3
end

Cisco-3#show ip ospf neighbor
Neighbor ID
1.1.1.1
Pri
1
State
FULL/DR

Interface
PID
Area
Vl130
1
3
Dead Time
00:00:34
Address
10.1.30.1
IP Address/Mask
10.1.30.2/24
Cost
1
Interface
Vlan130
State Nbrs F/C

BDR
1/1
Checking OSPF routes: a default route is generated by ABR in the area 3 to

summarize External networks (result of redistribute command) and
Summary networks (networks of other areas).
Cisco-3#show ip route ospf
O*IA 0.0.0.0/0 [110/34] via 10.1.30.1, 00:01:42, Vlan130
Cisco as Area border router and ProCurve as Internal

routers
Configuration of Cisco-0 as ABR
Configuration of IP forwarding and IP addresses
Conf t
hostname Cisco1
ip routing
Interface Vlan100
ip address 10.1.100.2 255.255.255.0
Interface Vlan210
ip address 10.2.10.1 255.255.255.0
Interface Vlan220
ip address 10.2.20.1 255.255.255.0
Interface Vlan230
ip address 10.2.30.1 255.255.255.0
Enabling OSPF
router ospf 1
router-id 2.2.2.2
Area configuration: area 4 is standard, area 5 is stub and area 6 is totally

stub.
area 4 range 10.2.10.0 255.255.254.0
area 5 stub
area 6 stub no-summary
Assignment of interfaces to areas

network
network
network
network
end
10.1.100.2 0.0.0.0 area 0

10.2.10.0 0.0.0.255 area 4
10.2.20.0 0.0.0.255 area 5
10.2.30.0 0.0.0.255 area 6
Checking IP OSPF neighboring

Cisco-0#show ip ospf neighbors
Neighbor ID
Pri
State
1.1.1.1
1
FULL/BDR
Dead Time
00:00:38
Address
10.1.100.1
Interface
Vlan100
2.0.0.4
2.0.0.5
2.0.0.6
1
1
1
FULL/DR
FULL/BDR
FULL/BDR
00:00:33
00:00:38
00:00:31
10.2.10.2
10.2.20.2
10.2.30.2
Vlan210
Vlan220
Vlan230
Checking IP OSPF interfaces

Cisco-0#show
Interface
Vl100
Vl210
Vl220
Vl230
ip ospf interface brief

PID
Area
IP Address/Mask
1
0
10.1.100.2/24
1
4
10.2.10.1/24
1
5
10.2.20.1/24
1
6
10.2.30.1/24
Cost
1
1
1
1
State
DR
BDR
DR
DR
Nbrs F/C
1/1
1/1
1/1
1/1
Configuration of ProCurve-4, internal router of standard Area 4

hostname "ProCurve-4"
ip routing
vlan 210
ip address 10.2.10.2 255.255.255.0
exit
router ospf
area 4
exit
vlan 210
ip ospf area 4
exit
Checking IP OSPF status

ProCurve-4# show ip ospf neigh
Router ID
Pri IP Address
NbIfState State
Rxmt QLen Events
--------------- --- --------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------2.2.2.2
1
10.2.10.1
BDR
FULL
0
6
ProCurve-4# show ip ospf interface
IP Address
Status
Area ID
State
Auth-type Cost
Priority
--------------- -------- --------------- ------- --------- ------ --------10.2.10.2
enabled 0.0.0.4
DR
none
1
1
Checking OSPF routes: all routes are seen as Inter-Area routes

ProCurve-4# show ip route ospf
IP Route Entries
Destination
---------------10.1.10.0/23
10.1.20.0/24
10.1.30.0/24
10.1.100.0/24
10.2.20.0/24
10.2.30.0/24
Gateway
--------------10.2.10.1
10.2.10.1
10.2.10.1
10.2.10.1
10.2.10.1
10.2.10.1
VLAN
---210
210
210
210
210
210
Type
--------ospf
ospf
ospf
ospf
ospf
ospf
Sub-Type
---------InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
Metric
---------3
3
3
2
2
2
Dist.
----110
110
110
110
110
110
Configuration of ProCurve-5, internal router of stub Area 5
ip routing
vlan 220
untagged 1-26
ip address 10.2.20.2 255.255.255.0
exit
router ospf
area 5 stub 55
exit
vlan 220
ip ospf area 5
exit
Checking OSPF status

ProCurve-5# show ip ospf neighbor
Router ID
Pri IP Address
NbIfState State
Rxmt QLen Events
--------------- --- --------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------2.2.2.2
1
10.2.20.1
DR
FULL
0
7
ProCurve-5# show ip ospf int

IP Address
Status
Area ID
State
Auth-type Cost
Priority
--------------- -------- --------------- ------- --------- ------ --------10.2.20.2
enabled 0.0.0.5
BDR
none
1
1
Checking OSPF routes: all routes are seen as Inter-Area routes and a default
route is generated by ABR to hide external networks.
IP Route Entries
Destination
---------------0.0.0.0/0
10.1.10.0/23
10.1.20.0/24
10.1.30.0/24
10.1.100.0/24
10.2.10.0/23
10.2.30.0/24
Gateway
--------------10.2.20.1
10.2.20.1
10.2.20.1
10.2.20.1
10.2.20.1
10.2.20.1
10.2.20.1
VLAN
---220
220
220
220
220
220
220
Type
--------ospf
ospf
ospf
ospf
ospf
ospf
ospf
Sub-Type
---------InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
InterArea
Metric
---------2
3
3
3
2
2
2
Dist.
----110
110
110
110
110
110
110
Configuration of ProCurve-6, internal router of totally stubby

Area 6
ip routing
vlan 230
untagged 1-26
ip address 10.2.30.2 255.255.255.0
exit
router ospf
area 6 stub 66
exit
vlan 230
ip ospf area 6
exit
Checking OSPF status.

ProCurve-6# show ip ospf neigh
Router ID
Pri IP Address
NbIfState State
Rxmt QLen Events
--------------- --- --------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------2.2.2.2
1
10.2.30.1
DR
FULL
0
7
ProCurve-6# show ip ospf int

IP Address
Status
Area ID
State
Auth-type Cost
Priority
--------------- -------- --------------- ------- --------- ------ --------10.2.30.2
enabled 0.0.0.6
BDR
none
1
1
Checking OSPF routes: a default route is generated by ABR to hide external

and summary (inter-area) networks.
IP Route Entries
Destination
Gateway
VLAN Type
Sub-Type
Metric
Dist.
---------------- --------------- ---- --------- ---------- ---------- ----0.0.0.0/0
10.2.30.1
230 ospf
InterArea 2
110
Other OSPF features

OSPF cost
On HP ProCurve, a default value of 1 is assigned to OSPF interfaces. It can be
changed as follows:
ProCurve# conf
ProCurve(config)# vlan 100
ProCurve(vlan-10)# ip ospf cost 10
Check with:
ProCurve# show ip ospf int
IP Address
Status
Area ID
State
Auth-type Cost
Priority
--------------- -------- --------------- ------- --------- ------ --------10.1.100.1
enabled 0.0.0.0
BDR
none
10
1
On Cisco Switch, default value is 1 on interface Vlan. It is defined by the

formula OSPF reference value/Bandwidth on physical interfaces. The
reference value is equal to 100 Mbits/sec by default. The bandwidth value
is defined in kilobits/sec. Changing cost can be done directly or indirectly
changing the bandwidth value.
Cisco# conf
Cisco(config)# int vlan 100
Cisco(config-if)# ip ospf cost 10
Cisco(config)# int Fa 1/0/1
Cisco(config-if)# bandwidth 100000
Cisco(config)# int Fa 1/0/2
Cisco(config-if)# ip ospf cost 100
Cisco(config)# router ospf 1
Cisco(config-router)# auto-cost reference-bandwidth 10000
OSPF password authentication

On HP ProCurve, password authentication requires to define a key-chain first
then to enable password authentication in the Vlan interface.
conf
hostname "ProCurve"
key-chain "ospf-key"
key-chain "ospf-key" key 1 key-string "hp-cisco"
router ospf
area backbone
exit
vlan 100
ip ospf authentication-key "ospf-key"
exit
On Cisco, password authentication is defined in the IP interface:

Int vlan 100
ip ospf authentication-key hp-cisco
OSPF MD5 authentication
On HP ProCurve, MD5 authentication is defined as follows:

key-chain "ospf-key"
key-chain "ospf-key" key 1 key-string "hp-cisco"
vlan 100
ip ospf md5-auth-key-chain "ospf-key"
exit
On Cisco, MD5 authentication is defined in the IP interface:

Int vlan 100
ip ospf message digest-key 1 md5 hp-cisco
IP Multicast interoperability
Introduction
The following demonstrate IP Multicast routing using PIM (Protocol
Independent Multicast) in dense and sparse modes.
The configuration uses the following topology shown below as its basis. It is a
typical L3 architecture, where each uplink is a unique broadcast domain and
IP subnet. A Stream server connected to Cisco-1 in subnet 10.1.1.100, sends
a multicast flow to the multicast IP address 225.1.1.1. For our test, a
receiver is connected in 10.1.200.0/24
In the following well configure the network in PIM dense mode then in PIM
sparse mode.
10.1.200.0/24
10.1.1.0/24
Gi1/1
e1
Procurve-1
Gi1/3
Gi1/2
e2
10.1.2.0/24
Gi1/1
Gi1/3
10.1.5.0/24
Gi1/2
Cisco-2
Cisco-1
Gi1/4
10.1.100.0/24
PIM DENSE Mode

This first configuration demonstrates interoperability of Cisco and ProCurve
switches in PIM dense mode.
In PIM Dense mode, routers periodically flood multicast flows. If no receivers
exist on the network leaves, routers prune branches of the multicast tree
advising their upstream neighbors to stop sending the not requested flows.
Periodic flooding happens every 3 minutes.
To avoid periodic and unnecessary flooding, the state refresh mechanism has
been created. With State-refresh Multicast Routers advertise their PIM Dense
neighbors a packet to maintain the flows in pruning state. In other words, its
prevention against reaction.
To be effective, the feature needs to be supported by all routers in the
Multicast network
PIM Dense Configuration of ProCurve-1

First lets enable ip routing and define VLANs, port assignment and IP
addresses.
ip routing
vlan 10
untagged 1
ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.252
exit
vlan 20
untagged 2
ip address 10.1.2.2 255.255.255.252
exit
On IP subnet/VLAN where there is potential receiver or source, we activate

IGMP. As VLANs 10 and 20 are defined on uplinks, there is no need to define
IGMP.
vlan 200
untagged 19
ip address 10.1.200.1 255.255.255.0
ip igmp
exit
For Multicast routing, the initial step is to enable globally IP multicast routing
ip multicast-routing
When a router receives a multicast flow, it checks the flow is received via the
interface that leads to the source via the shortest path. This is called the
reverse path forwarding process for which PIM uses the IP unicast routing
table.
This is why we enable OSPF as well as PIM.
router ospf
area backbone
exit
router pim
exit
The IP interface, defined in VLAN context on ProCurve switches, is assigned

to the OPSF area 0 and is set as a PIM-Dense mode interface.
Here are the commands youll enter:
vlan 10
ip ospf area 0
ip pim-dense
exit
Here is what youll see in a show run:

vlan 10
ip ospf 10.1.1.2 area backbone
ip pim-dense
ip-addr any
exit
exit
The ip ospf 10.1.2.2 area backbone indicates that interface is assigned to

area 0 and OSPF messages are sent with the source address 10.1.1.2. On a
multinet interface (with multiple IP), you can specify what IP address is used
to be source of OSPF packets.
The ip-addr any within pim-dense mode specifies that this IP Interface
accepts flows from any IP source address. You could restrict what multicast
flows are allowed to enter this interface.
Note: ProCurve switches automatically support PIM state-refresh.
vlan 20
ip pim-dense
ip-addr any
exit
exit
vlan 200
ip pim-dense
ip-addr any
exit
exit
In PIM dense mode, ProCurve automatically enables the state refresh

mode. The state refresh feature allows a PIM device to mention to other PIM
device that a flow has not to be sent when no downstream receiver requires
a given flow. This eliminates the need for PIM dense mode devices to
regularly flood a flow to all devices within a network.
Configuration of Cisco-1
hostname Cisco-1
ip routing
On Cisco switch, first step is also to enable ip multicast-routing.

The no switchport command sets a Physical interface as a L3 interface.

After IP address is assigned, we set the IP interfaces as PIM interfaces in
dense mode.
In this example weve also defined the state-refresh interval to 60sec, which
matches the default interval on ProCurve.
Note that in Cisco IOS, the ip pim command sets automatically ip igmp.
This is why no IP IGMP command is seen.
interface GigabitEthernet1/1
no switchport
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.252
ip PIM state-refresh origination-interval 60
ip PIM dense-mode
no switchport
ip address 10.1.5.1 255.255.255.252
ip PIM dense-mode
no switchport
ip address 10.1.100.1 255.255.255.0
ip PIM dense-mode
Following commands set OSPF for this device
router ospf 1
router-id 0.0.0.1
network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
Configuration of Cisco-2
Configuration of Cisco-2 is identical to configuration of Cisco-1.
hostname Cisco-2
ip routing
no switchport
ip address 10.1.2.1 255.255.255.252
ip PIM dense-mode
no switchport
ip address 10.1.5.2 255.255.255.252
ip PIM dense-mode
router ospf 1
router-id 0.0.0.2
network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
Checking PIM dense mode on ProCurve-1.

The show ip pim command displays PIM global parameters. Note the stateRefresh interval equal to 60 seconds.
ProCurve-1# show ip pim
PIM Global Parameters
PIM Status
State Refresh Interval (sec)
Join/Prune Interval (sec)
SPT Threshold
Traps
:
:
:
:
:
enabled
60
60
Enabled
Lets list IP PIM interfaces and see their PIM mode.

ProCurve-1# show ip pim interface
PIM Interfaces
VLAN
---10
20
200
IP Address
--------------10.1.1.2
10.1.2.2
10.1.200.1
Mode
-----------dense
dense
dense
We expect Cisco-1 and Cisco-2 to be our PIM neighbors. If theyre not, we

should verify that PIM is enabled and that the IP interfaces has been
configured as PIM interfaces.
ProCurve-1# show ip pim neighbor
PIM Neighbors
IP Address
--------------10.1.1.1
10.1.2.1
VLAN
---10
20
Up Time (sec)
-----------------2686
2113
Expire Time (sec)

-----------------76
89
If multicast sources are active on the network, the show ip mroute or the
show ip pim mroute should show entries:
ProCurve-1# show ip pim mroute
PIM Route Entries
Group Address
Source Address Metric
Metric Pref
--------------- --------------- ---------- ----------225.1.1.1
10.1.100.100
0
100
In our example, the Receiver of 225.1.1.1 is on ProCurve-1 and the source

(10.1.100.100) on Cisco-1.
Following shows IGMP status and what multicast groups has been pulled.
ProCurve-1# show ip igmp
Status and Counters - IP Multicast (IGMP) Status
VLAN ID : 10
VLAN Name : VLAN10
IGMP is not enabled
VLAN ID : 20
VLAN Name : VLAN20
IGMP is not enabled
VLAN ID : 200
VLAN Name : VLAN200
Querier Address : This switch is Querier
Active Group Addresses Reports Queries Querier Access Port
---------------------- ------- ------- ------------------225.1.1.1
8
0
The following allows us to locate on what port the flows is received.

ProCurve-1# show ip igmp group 225.1.1.1
IGMP ports for group 225.1.1.1
Port Type
Access
Age Timer Leave Timer
----- --------- ----------- --------- ----------19
host
0
0
Checking PIM Dense mode On Cisco-1

First lets list the IP PIM interfaces.
Note that IP PIM is in Version 2 Mode (V2), as on ProCurve switches, and in
Dense mode (D).
Cisco-1#show ip pim interface
Address
Interface
10.1.1.1
10.1.3.1
10.1.5.1
10.1.100.1
GigabitEthernet1/1
GigabitEthernet1/2
GigabitEthernet1/3
GigabitEthernet1/4
Ver/
Mode
v2/D
v2/D
v2/D
v2/D
Nbr
Count
1
0
1
0
Query
Intvl
30
30
30
30
DR
DR
Prior
1
10.1.1.2
1
10.1.3.1
1
10.1.5.2
1
10.1.100.1
We display IP PIM neighbors to verify PIM is active.

Cisco-1#show ip pim neighbor
PIM Neighbor Table
Neighbor
Interface
Address
10.1.1.2
GigabitEthernet1/1
10.1.5.2
GigabitEthernet1/3
Uptime/Expires
Ver
00:54:09/00:01:39 v2
00:44:38/00:01:24 v2
DR
Prio/Mode
N / DR S
1 / DR S
A Multicast source is active on 225.1.1.1, its source address is 10.1.100.100.

It can be seen displaying IP multicast routes.
Note: 224.0.1.40 multicast entry is due to the Auto-RP protocol, a Cisco
proprietary protocol that has equivalent functionality in PIM V2.
Cisco-1#show ip mroute
IP Multicast Routing Table
Flags: D- Dense, S- Sparse, B- Bidir Group, s- SSM Group, C- Connected,
L - Local, P - Pruned, R - RP-bit set, F - Register flag,
T - SPT-bit set, J - Join SPT, M - MSDP created entry,
X - Proxy Join Timer Running, A - Candidate for MSDP Advertisement,
U - URD, I - Received Source Specific Host Report, Z - Multicast Tunnel
Y - Joined MDT-data group, y - Sending to MDT-data group
Outgoing interface flags: H - Hardware switched, A - Assert winner
Timers: Uptime/Expires
Interface state: Interface, Next-Hop or VCD, State/Mode
(*, 225.1.1.1), 00:29:41/stopped, RP 0.0.0.0, flags: D

Incoming interface: Null, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
Outgoing interface list:
GigabitEthernet1/3, Forward/Dense, 00:29:41/00:00:00
(10.1.100.100, 225.1.1.1), 00:29:41/00:02:58, flags: T
Incoming interface: GigabitEthernet1/4, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0
GigabitEthernet1/1, Forward/Dense, 00:29:41/00:00:00, H
GigabitEthernet1/3, Prune/Dense, 00:27:16/00:02:19
(*, 224.0.1.40), 00:54:33/00:02:14, RP 0.0.0.0, flags: DCL
In the display above, you can see 225.1.1.1 flow enters Cisco-1 on interface
Gigabit Interface 0/4 (Incoming Interface) and leaves on Gigabit 1/1
(Outgoing Interface and in forward state). Note Gigabit 1/3 is pruned
Cisco-1#show ip igmp groups
IGMP Connected Group Membership
Group Address
Interface
224.0.1.40
GigabitEthernet1/1
Uptime
Expires
Last Reporter
00:53:30 00:02:21 10.1.1.1
Checking PIM Dense On Cisco-2

List IP PIM interfaces.
Address
Interface
10.1.2.1
GigabitEthernet1/1
Ver/
Mode
v2/D
Nbr
Count
1
Query
Intvl
30
DR
Prior
1
DR
10.1.2.2
10.1.4.1
10.1.5.2
GigabitEthernet1/2
GigabitEthernet1/3
v2/D
v2/D
0
1
30
30
1
1
10.1.4.1
10.1.5.2
List IP PIM neighbors.

PIM Neighbor Table
Neighbor
Interface
Address
10.1.2.2
GigabitEthernet1/1
10.1.5.1
GigabitEthernet1/3
Uptime/Expires
Ver
01:02:34/00:01:15 v2
01:03:04/00:01:16 v2
DR
Prio/Mode
N / DR S
1 / S
Lets display multicast routes.

Note: the (10.1.100.100, 225.1.1.1) flow enters int on Gi1/3 (interface
between Cisco-1 and Cisco-2) and is pruned on Gi 1/1 (interface leading to
ProCurve-1).
Flags: D- Dense, S- Sparse, B- Bidir Group, s- SSM Group, C- Connected,
(*, 225.1.1.1), 00:48:04/stopped, RP 0.0.0.0, flags: D
(10.1.100.100, 225.1.1.1), 00:48:04/00:02:07, flags: PT
GigabitEthernet1/1, Prune/Dense, 00:45:39/00:02:07
(*, 224.0.1.40), 01:03:21/00:02:18, RP 0.0.0.0, flags: DCL
List IGMP Groups. Except Auto-rp entry, no other IGMP entry can be seen
as no receiver is present.
Cisco-2#show ip igmp groups
IGMP Connected Group Membership
Group Address
Interface
224.0.1.40
GigabitEthernet1/1
Uptime
01:03:32
Expires
00:02:07
Last Reporter
10.1.2.1
PIM SPARSE Mode

Here are some explanations about PIM V2 sparse mode
In PIM Sparse mode, there is no more periodic flooding of Multicast flows.
Instead, routers call for Multicast flows to a Rendez-Vous Point (RP) Router.
And a mapping group-to-RP is set manually or statically. A Bootstrap router
(BSR) is elected to advertise the different mappings to all PIM Sparse

multicast routers.
Here are the fundamental mechanisms as defined b y the IETF:
1- BSR Election. Each Candidate-BSR originates Bootstrap messages
(BSMs). Every BSM contains a BSR Priority field. The C-BSR with the
higher priority becomes the elected BSR, and its BSMs inform all
the other routers in the domain that it is the elected BSR.
2- C-RP Advertisement. Each Candidate-RP sends periodic CandidateRP-Advertisement (C-RP-Adv) messages to the elected BSR. A C-RP-Adv
message includes the priority of the advertising C-RP, as well as a list of
group ranges for which the candidacy is advertised. In this way, the BSR
learns about possible RPs that are currently up and reachable.
3- RP-Set Formation. The BSR selects a subset of the C-RPs that it
has received C-RP-Adv messages from to form the RP-Set. In general
it should do this in such a way that the RP-Set is neither too
large to inform all the routers in the domain about, nor too small
so that load is overly concentrated on some RPs. It should also
attempt to produce an RP-Set that does not change frequently.
4- RP-Set Flooding. In future Bootstrap messages, the BSR includes the
RP-Set information. Bootstrap messages are flooded, which ensures that
the RP-Set rapidly reaches all the routers in the domain. BSMs are
originated periodically to ensure consistency after failure restoration.
PIM Sparse-mode configuration of ProCurve-1

Vlan and IP configuration. Vlan 200 contain receivers and IGMP is enabled.
ip routing
vlan 10
name "VLAN10"
untagged 1
ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.252
exit
vlan 20
name "VLAN20"
untagged 2
ip address 10.1.2.2 255.255.255.252
exit
vlan 200
name "VLAN200"
untagged 19
ip address 10.1.200.1 255.255.255.0
ip igmp
exit
Global OPSF Configuration

router ospf
area backbone
exit
Enabling of IP Multicast routing

PIM Configuration: we define the ProCurve router to be a bsr-candidate as

well as a rp-candidate. VLAN 200 as the IP source interface and priority is
defined equal to 10 (highest is best).
router pim
bsr-candidate
bsr-candidate source-ip-vlan 200
bsr-candidate priority 10
rp-candidate
rp-candidate source-ip-vlan 200
rp-candidate group-prefix 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0
rp-candidate hold-time 150 priority 10
exit
IP interfaces are defined in PIM Sparse mode and by default accept all flows
(ip-addr any)
vlan 10
ip pim-sparse
ip-addr any
exit
exit
vlan 20
ip pim-sparse
ip-addr any
exit
exit
vlan 200
ip igmp
ip pim-sparse
ip-addr any
exit
exit
PIM Sparse-mode configuration of Cisco-1

hostname Cisco-1
IP multicast routing is enabled

Interfaces are defined as sparse-dense mode which means that router can
run in both modes depending on the environment. Sparse-mode could also
be used in this example.
no switchport
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.252
ip pim sparse-dense-mode
no switchport
ip address 10.1.5.1 255.255.255.252
no switchport
ip address 10.1.100.1 255.255.255.0
OSPF is enabled.
router ospf 1
router-id 0.0.0.1
network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
The router is defined as bsr-candidate (default priority is 200) and a rpcandidate with priority 200
ip
ip
ip
ip
pim
pim
pim
pim
bsr-candidate GigabitEthernet0/1 0
rp-candidate GigabitEthernet0/3 priority 200
end
PIM Sparse-mode configuration of Cisco-2

Configuration is similar to Cisco-1s configuration except the rp-candidate is
set to 100 instead of 200.
hostname Cisco-2
ip routing
no switchport
ip address 10.1.2.1 255.255.255.252
no switchport
ip address 10.1.4.1 255.255.255.252
no switchport
ip address 10.1.5.2 255.255.255.252
ip
ip
ip
ip
pim
pim
pim
pim
bsr-candidate GigabitEthernet0/3 0
router ospf 1
router-id 0.0.0.2
network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
end
Check PIM Sparse-mode on ProCurve-1

PIM Global parameters
ProCurve-1# show ip pim
PIM Global Parameters
PIM Status
State Refresh Interval (sec)
Join/Prune Interval (sec)
SPT Threshold
Traps
:
:
:
:
:
enabled
60
60
Enabled
PIM Interface parameters

ProCurve-1# show ip pim interface
PIM Interfaces
VLAN IP Address
Mode
---- --------------- -----------10
10.1.1.2
sparse
20
10.1.2.2
sparse
200
10.1.200.1
sparse
PIM Neighbors
ProCurve-1# show ip pim neighbor
PIM Neighbors
IP Address
--------------10.1.1.1
10.1.2.1
VLAN Up Time (sec)

Expire Time (sec)
---- ------------------ -----------------10
9805
83
20
9802
84
What router is elected PIM Bootstrap router. Based on priority, it could be

Cisco-1 or Cisco-2.
E-BSR means Elected BSR. It is Cisco-2 (10.1.5.2)
C-BSR=Candidate BSR, C-RP=candidate RP.
ProCurve-1# show ip pim bsr
Status and Counters - PIM-SM Bootstrap Router Information
E-BSR Address
E-BSR Priority
E-BSR Hash Mask Length
E-BSR Up Time
Next Bootstrap Message
:
:
:
:
:
10.1.5.2
200
16
6 hours
90 secs
C-BSR
C-BSR
C-BSR
C-BSR
C-BSR
C-BSR
:
:
:
:
:
:
This system is a Candidate-BSR

10.1.200.1
10
30
60
200
:
:
:
:
:
:
This system is a Candidate-RP

10.1.200.1
150
60
10
200
C-RP
C-RP
C-RP
C-RP
C-RP
C-RP
Admin Status
Address
Priority
Hash Mask Length
Message Interval
Source IP VLAN
Admin Status
Address
Hold Time
Advertise Period
Priority
Source IP VLAN
Group Address
Group Mask
--------------- --------------224.0.0.0
240.0.0.0
PIM Candidate router.

ProCurve-1# show ip pim rp-candidate
Status and Counters - PIM-SM Candidate-RP Information
C-RP
C-RP
C-RP
C-RP
C-RP
C-RP
Admin Status
Address
Hold Time
Advertise Period
Priority
Source IP VLAN
:
:
:
:
:
:
This system is a Candidate-RP

10.1.200.1
150
60
10
200
Group Address
Group Mask
--------------- --------------224.0.0.0
240.0.0.0
Following displays the RP-set = mapping between RP and IP Multicast flow.

Note that no static mapping has been set and that all RP-candidates are set
to accept all IP Multicast flows.
ProCurve-1# show ip pim rp-set
Status and Counters - PIM-SM Static RP-Set Information
Group Address
Group Mask
RP Address
Override
--------------- --------------- --------------- --------
Status and Counters - PIM-SM Learned RP-Set Information

Group Address
--------------224.0.0.0
224.0.0.0
224.0.0.0
224.0.0.0
Group Mask
--------------240.0.0.0
240.0.0.0
240.0.0.0
240.0.0.0
RP Address
--------------10.1.1.1
10.1.2.1
10.1.5.1
10.1.200.1
Hold Time
--------168
163
172
116
Expire Time
------------109
104
113
57
Check PIM Sparse-mode on Cisco-1

List PIM interfaces
Address
Interface
10.1.1.1
10.1.5.1
10.1.100.1
GigabitEthernet0/1
GigabitEthernet0/3
GigabitEthernet0/4
Ver/
Nbr
Mode
v2/SD 1
v2/SD 1
v2/SD 0
Query
Count
30
30
30
DR
DR
Intvl Prior
1 10.1.1.2
1 10.1.5.2
1 10.1.100.1
List PIM neighbors

PIM Neighbor Table
Neighbor
Interface
Address
10.1.1.2
GigabitEthernet0/1
10.1.5.2
GigabitEthernet0/3
Uptime/Expires
Ver
02:42:31/00:01:17 v2
04:05:42/00:01:15 v2
DR
Prio/Mode
1 / DR
1 / DR S
List IP Multicast routes

Flags: D - Dense, S - Sparse, B - Bidir Group, s - SSM Group, C Connected,

(*, 225.1.1.1), 03:49:31/stopped, RP 10.1.200.1, flags: SPF
Outgoing interface list: Null
(10.1.100.100, 225.1.1.1), 02:43:12/00:03:29, flags: FT
Incoming interface: GigabitEthernet0/4, RPF nbr 0.0.0.0, Registering
(data-header)
GigabitEthernet0/1, Forward/Sparse-Dense, 02:37:22/00:03:08, H
List PIM RP and BSR information. Note BSR is 10.1.5.I2 (Cisco-2)

Cisco-1#sh ip pim rp
Group: 225.1.1.1, RP: 10.1.200.1, v2, uptime 02:28:15, expires 00:01:07
PIMv2 Bootstrap information
BSR address: 10.1.5.2 (?)
Uptime:
00:05:07, BSR Priority: 200, Hash mask length: 16
Expires:
00:02:22
This system is a candidate BSR
Candidate BSR address: 10.1.1.1, priority: 0, hash mask length: 0
Candidate RP: 10.1.5.1(GigabitEthernet0/3)
Advertisement interval 60 seconds
Next advertisement in 00:00:10
Candidate RP priority : 200
Check PIM Sparse-mode on Cisco-2

List PIM interfaces
Cisco-2#sh ip pim interface
Address
Interface
10.1.2.1
10.1.5.2
GigabitEthernet0/1
GigabitEthernet0/3
Ver/
Mode
v2/SD
v2/SD
Nbr
Count
1
1
Query
Intvl
30
30
DR
Prior
1
1
DR
10.1.2.2
10.1.5.2
List PIM neighbors

Cisco-2#sh ip pim neighbor
PIM Neighbor Table
Neighbor
Interface
Address
10.1.2.2
GigabitEthernet0/1
10.1.5.1
GigabitEthernet0/3
Uptime/Expires
Ver
02:20:52/00:01:24 v2
03:44:10/00:01:41 v2
DR
Prio/Mode
1 / DR
1 / S
List IP Multicast routes

Cisco-2#sh ip mroute
Flags: D - Dense, S - Sparse, B - Bidir Group, s - SSM Group, C Connected,

(*, 225.1.1.1), 03:29:12/stopped, RP 10.1.200.1, flags: S
GigabitEthernet0/3, Forward/Sparse-Dense, 02:00:20/00:00:00, H
(10.1.100.100, 225.1.1.1), 02:22:53/00:02:46, flags: PT
Outgoing interface list: Null
Display of PIM RP and BSR routers information

Cisco-2#sh ip pim bsr-router
PIMv2 Bootstrap information
This system is the Bootstrap Router (BSR)
BSR address: 10.1.5.2 (?)
Uptime:
00:00:02, BSR Priority: 200, Hash mask length: 16
Next bootstrap message in 00:00:57
Display Mapping between RP and Multicast groups/flows

Cisco-2#sh ip pim rp
Group: 225.1.1.1, RP: 10.1.200.1, v2, uptime 02:22:22, expires 00:02:06

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ProCurve / Cisco Interoperability

OSPF Single Area .............................................................................60

While the testing conducted was extensive, it is impossible that all

The recommendation is to test the new configurations in a controlled

Discovery protocols: LLDP & CDP

Checking Discovery info on a ProCurve switch

PortId PortDescr SysName

We display the LLDP neighbors attached to given ports. It shows details

System Capabilities Supported

Remote Management Address

System Capabilities Supported

Remote Management Address

Checking Discovery info on a Cisco switch

A port that carries

Uplink 802.1q port

VLAN configuration on Cisco Catalyst

Step 3: Creation of 802.1q links (Cisco Trunk)

VLAN configuration on HP ProCurve

Checking VLANs status and connectivity

Checking a Cisco Trunk (802.1q) port status

Checking VLANs on HP ProCurve

Procurve-1(config)# show vlan

*Note that the maximum number of VLANs can be increased.

Procurve-1(config)# show vlan port 45

Port 10 as an access port is untagged and belongs to VLAN 20 only

Additional info about VLANs

Which native VLAN is defined on a port can be checked with:

Configuring a management VLAN other than VLAN 1

Procurve-1# show vlan port 45

Configuration of a management VLAN on Cisco

Checking Cisco trunk port status

Cisco-1#sh int fa 1/0/1 switchport

Note that HP ProCurve also defines a security concept called Management

Changing the maximum number of VLANs on ProCurve

Configuration of ports for IP Phones

Cisco Extended Range of VLANs

FEC is the Fast EtherChannel concept. It implements the Port Aggregation

Static and Dynamic trunks/channels

When to use a static or a dynamic trunk/channel?

What works together?

Static (no protocol)

Ports in the link aggregation group

Logical port defined by the Link aggregation

In this example, trunk/channel group is configured as a L2 port assigned to

Static Trunk on HP ProCurve

Checking trunk status

What vlans does trunk Trk1 belongs to?

ProCurve# ping 10.1.1.2

Static port-channel on Cisco

Interfaces are configured as L2 interface in Vlan 10

An IP address is assigned to Vlan 10 to test connectivity.

Checking Channel status

Number of channel-groups in use: 1

Gcchange = Pseudo port-channel =

Age of the port in the current state: 00d:00h:02m:11s

Dynamic channel/trunk: Cisco active HP passive

Check channel status

Gcchange = Pseudo port-channel = Po1

Age of the port in the current state: 00d:00h:00m:06s

Age of the Port-channel

Time since last port bundled:

Configuration of HP ProCurve LACP Trunk (passive)