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Configuring the Switch
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• Migration – If at any time the switch detects STP BPDUs, including Configuration
or Topology Change Notification BPDUs, it will automatically set the selected
interface to forced STP-compatible mode. However, you can also use the Protocol
Migration button to manually re-check the appropriate BPDU format (RSTP or
STP-compatible) to send on the selected interfaces. (Default: Disabled)
Web – Click Spanning Tree, STA, Port Configuration or Trunk Configuration. Modify
the required attributes, then click Apply.
Figure 3-71 STA Port Configuration
CLI – This example sets STA attributes for port 7.
Configuring Multiple Spanning Trees
MSTP generates a unique spanning tree for each instance. This provides multiple
pathways across the network, thereby balancing the traffic load, preventing
wide-scale disruption when a bridge node in a single instance fails, and allowing for
faster convergence of a new topology for the failed instance.
By default all VLANs are assigned to the Internal Spanning Tree (MST Instance 0)
that connects all bridges and LANs within the MST region. This switch supports up
to 65 instances. You should try to group VLANs which cover the same general area
of your network. However, remember that you must configure all bridges within the
same MSTI Region (page 3-121) with the same set of instances, and the same
instance (on each bridge) with the same set of VLANs. Also, note that RSTP treats
each MSTI region as a single node, connecting all regions to the Common Spanning
Tree.
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/7 4-143
Console(config-if)#no spanning-tree spanning-disabled 4-179
Console(config-if)#spanning-tree port-priority 0 4-181
Console(config-if)#spanning-tree cost 50 4-180
Console(config-if)#spanning-tree link-type auto 4-183
Console(config-if)#no spanning-tree edge-port 4-181
Console(config-if)#spanning-tree protocol-migration 4-185