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

3.Add VLAN 20.

4.To configure Port g1 as a trunk port, go to the Switching > VLAN > Port Settings page, select Trunk from the Port VLAN Mode menu for Port g1, and click Apply Changes.

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Contents Information in this document is subject to change without notice MSTP INTEROPERABILITY OF THE DELL POWERCONNECT 6200 SERIES SWITCHESWITH CISCO IOS OR CISCO CATOS BASED SWITCHES CONTENTS VOICE VLAN CONFIGURATIONCLI CONFIGURATION WEB CONFIGURATIONDELL POWERCONNECT 62XX MSTP FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION APRILAdmin Port State STP Port StateMSTP Port State Active TopologyACTIVE TOPOLOGY ENFORCEMENT Figure 2 Example FID to MSTI AllocationFigure 3 Example Resultant VID to MSTI Allocation MSTP CLI COMMANDS CONTROL PACKET BEHAVIORshow spanning-tree OPERATION IN THE NETWORK Figure 4 Small Bridged NetworkFigure 5 Single STP Topology Figure 6 Logical MSTP Environment SAMPLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATIONS CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA CLICommand 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 BrA Dell Bridge BrB DellBridge BrC Cisco 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