MSTP INTEROPERABILITY OF THE DELL™ POWERCONNECT™ 6200 SERIES SWITCHES WITH CISCO IOS AND CISCO
Command | Description |
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exit | Exit to configuration mode |
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interface ethernet 1/g2 | Enter interface configuration mode for the |
Ethernet interface on slot 1, port 2 | |
switchport mode trunk | Configure the VLAN membership mode for |
the port as a trunk (a trunk port connects | |
| two switches) |
switchport trunk allowed | Add VLANs 10 and 20 to the trunk port |
vlan add 10, 20 |
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switchport trunk allowed | Remove VLAN 1 (the default VLAN) from |
vlan remove 1 | the trunk port |
exit | Exit to configuration mode |
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Enable MSTP mode on the switch | |
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Sets the switch priority for MSTP instance | |
1 to zero, which essentially sets the switch | |
| as the root bridge for MSTP instance 1. |
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Enter the MST configuration name | |
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name Dell | Create Dell as the MST configuration name |
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instance 1 add vlan 10 | Map VLAN 10 to MST instance 1 |
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instance 2 add vlan 20 | Map VLAN 20 to MST instance 2 |
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exit | Exit to configuration mode |
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CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA (WEB INTERFACE)
Use the following procedures to configure the Dell PowerConnect 6248 as bridge BrA as shown in Figure 6 by using the Web interface.
APRIL 2008 | 10 |