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MSTP INTEROPERABILITY OF THE DELL™ POWERCONNECT™ 6200 SERIES SWITCHES

MSTP INTEROPERABILITY OF THE DELL™ POWERCONNECT™ 6200 SERIES SWITCHES

WITH CISCO IOS OR CISCO CATOS BASED SWITCHES

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Contents MSTP INTEROPERABILITY OF THE DELL POWERCONNECT 6200 SERIES SWITCHES Information in this document is subject to change without noticeWITH CISCO IOS OR CISCO CATOS BASED SWITCHES VOICE VLAN CONFIGURATION CONTENTSCLI CONFIGURATION WEB CONFIGURATIONAPRIL DELL POWERCONNECT 62XX MSTP FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTIONSTP Port State Admin Port StateMSTP Port State Active TopologyFigure 2 Example FID to MSTI Allocation ACTIVE TOPOLOGY ENFORCEMENTFigure 3 Example Resultant VID to MSTI Allocation CONTROL PACKET BEHAVIOR MSTP CLI COMMANDSshow spanning-tree Figure 4 Small Bridged Network OPERATION IN THE NETWORKFigure 5 Single STP Topology Figure 6 Logical MSTP Environment CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA CLI SAMPLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATIONSCommand DescriptionCONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA WEB INTERFACE APRIL APRIL APRIL 10. Click Apply Changes 12. Click Show All to access the MSTP Settings Table CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrC CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrBCONFIGURING EDGE DEVICES show spanning-tree mst configuration Bridge BrB Dell Bridge BrA DellBridge BrC Cisco ADDITIONAL MSTP STATUS INFORMATIONPriority Bridge BrA Dell APRILBridge BrB Dell ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SCALABILITY WITH MORE REGIONS Figure 7 Multiple MSTP Regions Figure 8 Multiple MSTP Region Interactions