Dell 6200 manual CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA WEB INTERFACE, April, Command, Description

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CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA (WEB INTERFACE)

MSTP INTEROPERABILITY OF THE DELL™ POWERCONNECT™ 6200 SERIES SWITCHES WITH CISCO IOS AND CISCO CATOS-BASED SWITCHES

Command

Description

 

 

exit

Exit to configuration mode

 

 

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

 

switchport trunk allowed

Remove VLAN 1 (the default VLAN) from

vlan remove 1

the trunk port

exit

Exit to configuration mode

 

 

spanning-tree mode mstp

Enable MSTP mode on the switch

 

 

spanning-tree mst 1 priority 0

Sets the switch priority for MSTP instance

1 to zero, which essentially sets the switch

 

as the root bridge for MSTP instance 1.

 

 

spanning-tree mst configuration

Enter the MST configuration name

 

 

name Dell

Create Dell as the MST configuration name

 

 

instance 1 add vlan 10

Map VLAN 10 to MST instance 1

 

 

instance 2 add vlan 20

Map VLAN 20 to MST instance 2

 

 

exit

Exit to configuration mode

 

 

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.

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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 CLI CONFIGURATION CONTENTSVOICE VLAN CONFIGURATION WEB CONFIGURATIONDELL POWERCONNECT 62XX MSTP FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION APRILMSTP Port State Admin Port StateSTP 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 Command SAMPLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATIONSCONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA CLI DescriptionCONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA WEB INTERFACE APRIL APRIL APRIL 10. Click Apply Changes 12. Click Show All to access the MSTP Settings Table CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrB CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrCCONFIGURING EDGE DEVICES show spanning-tree mst configuration Bridge BrC Cisco Bridge BrA DellBridge BrB Dell ADDITIONAL MSTP STATUS INFORMATIONPriority APRIL Bridge BrA DellAPRIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SCALABILITY WITH MORE REGIONS Figure 7 Multiple MSTP Regions Figure 8 Multiple MSTP Region Interactions