Dell 6200 Switch User Manual


 
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 3
IEEE 802.1S MULTIPLE SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL OVERVIEW 3
DELL POWERCONNECT 62XX MSTP FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 3
ACTIVE TOPOLOGY ENFORCEMENT 5
CONTROL PACKET BEHAVIOR 6
MSTP CLI COMMANDS 6
OPERATION IN THE NETWORK 7
SAMPLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATIONS 9
CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA (WEB INTERFACE) 10
CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrB 16
CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrC 16
CONFIGURING EDGE DEVICES 17
VIEWING THE MSTP STATUS 18
ADDITIONAL MSTP STATUS INFORMATION 19
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SCALABILITY
WITH MORE REGIONS
23
VOICE VLAN CONFIGURATION 4
CLI CONFIGURATION 4
WEB CONFIGURATION 8
FIGURES
FIGURE 1: VID TO FID ALLOCATION 4
FIGURE 2: EXAMPLE FID TO MSTI ALLOCATION 5
FIGURE 3: EXAMPLE RESULTANT VID TO MSTI ALLOCATION 5
FIGURE 4: SMALL BRIDGED NETWORK 7
FIGURE 5: SINGLE STP TOPOLOGY 7
FIGURE 7: MULTIPLE MSTP REGIONS 24
FIGURE 8: MULTIPLE MSTP REGION INTERACTIONS 25