Dell 6200 manual Configuring Edge Devices, April, Command, Description

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

Command	Description
switchport mode trunk	Enable trunking on the interface
exit	Exit to configuration mode
interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/2	Enter configuration mode for the interface
	on slot 1, port 2
switchport trunk	Set the trunking encapsulation format
encapsulation dot1q	to 802.1Q
switchport trunk allowed	Add VLANs 10 and 20 to the trunk port
vlan 10,20
switchport mode trunk	Enable trunking on the interface
exit	Exit to configuration mode
spanning-tree mst configuration	Enter the configuration mode for MST
name Dell	Create Dell as the MST configuration name
instance 1 vlan 10	Map VLAN 10 to MST instance 1
instance 2 vlan 20	Map VLAN 20 to MST instance 2
exit	Exit to configuration mode
spanning-tree mst 2 priority 0	Sets the switch priority for MSTP instance
	2 to zero, which essentially sets this switch
	as the root bridge for MSTP instance 2
exit	Exit to Privileged EXEC mode

CONFIGURING EDGE DEVICES

The configuration examples for BrA, BrB, and BrC show trunk ports between bridges. To configure a port to any VLAN-unaware devices or edge devices, you must add the ports in access mode. An access port connects to a single end station belonging to a single VLAN.

The following commands, executed on the Dell PowerConnect switch BrB, show how to send untagged traffic into port 1/g5 that must pass through vlan 10 or MSTP instance 1.

Dell_BrB(config)#interface ethernet 1/g5

Dell_BrB(config-if-1/g5)#switchport mode access

Dell_BrB(config-if-1/g5)#switchport access vlan 10

Dell_BrB(config-if-1/g5)#exit

Command

Description

interface ethernet 1/g5	Enter configuration mode for the interface
	on slot 1, port 5
switchport mode access	Configure the VLAN membership mode of
	the port as access
switchport access vlan 10	Configure the VLAN ID to use when the
	interface is in access mode. This also sets
	port PVID to 10
exit	Exit to configuration mode

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