Table of Contents

1. Overview<br>2. Normative references<br>3. Definitions<br>4. Abbreviations<br>5. Conformance<br>6. Support of the MAC Service<br>7. Principles of Virtual Bridged Network operation<br>8. Principles of Bridge operation<br>9. Tagged frame format<br>10. Multiple Registration Protocol (MRP) and Multiple MAC<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration Protocol (MMRP)<br>11. VLAN topology management<br>12. Bridge management<br>13. Spanning tree protocols<br>14. Encoding of Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDU[s])<br>15. Support of the MAC Service by PBN[s]<br>16. Principles of Provider Bridged Network (PBN) operation<br>17. Management Information Base (MIB)<br>18. Principles of Connectivity Fault Management operation<br>19. CFM entity operation<br>20. CFM protocols<br>21. Encoding of CFM PDU[s]<br>22. CFM in systems<br>23. MAC status propagation<br>24. Bridge performance<br>25. Support of the MAC Service by PBBN[s]<br>26. Principles of Provider Backbone Bridged Network<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(PBBN) operation<br>27. Shortest Path Bridging (SPB)<br>28. ISIS-SPB Link State Protocol<br>29. DDCFM operations and protocols<br>30. Principles of congestion notification<br>31. Congestion notification entity operation<br>32. Congestion notification protocol<br>33. Encoding of congestion notification PDU[s]<br>34. Forwarding and Queuing Enhancements for<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;time-sensitive streams (FQTSS)<br>35. Stream Reservation Protocol (SRP)<br>36. Priority-based Flow Control (PFC)<br>37. Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)<br>38. Data Center Bridging eXchange protocol (DCBX)<br>39. Multiple I-SID Registration Protocol (MIRP)<br>40. Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB)<br>41. VSI Discovery and Configuration Protocol (VDP)<br>42. S-Channel Discovery and Configuration Protocol (CDCP)<br>43. Edge Control Protocol (ECP)<br>44. Equal Cost Multiple Paths (ECMP)<br>Annex A (normative) - PICS proforma-Bridge<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;implementations<br>Annex B (normative) - PICS proforma-End station<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;implementations<br>Annex C (normative) - Designated MSRP Node (DMN)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Implementations<br>Annex D (normative) - IEEE 802.1 Organizationally Specific<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TLV[s]<br>Annex E (normative) - Notational conventions used in<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;state diagrams<br>Annex F (informative) - Shared and Independent VLAN<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Learning (SVL and IVL)<br>Annex G (informative) - MAC method-dependent aspects<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of VLAN support<br>Annex H (informative) - Interoperability considerations<br>Annex I (informative) - Priority and drop precedence<br>Annex J (informative) - CFM protocol design and use<br>Annex K (informative) - TPMR use cases<br>Annex L (informative) - Operation of the credit-based<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shaper algorithm<br>Annex M (normative) - Support for PFC in link layers without<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MAC Control<br>Annex N (informative) - Buffer requirements for PFC<br>Annex O (informative) - Preserving the integrity of FCS fields<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in MAC Bridges<br>Annex P (informative) - Frame duplication and misordering<br>Annex Q (informative) - Bibliography

Abstract

Overpasses that interconnect individual LANs, each supporting the IEEE 802 MAC Service using a different or identical media access control method, to provide Bridged Networks and VLANs.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	British Standards Institution
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Committee	IST/6