Dell 6200 Bridge BrA Dell, Bridge BrB Dell, Bridge BrC Cisco, Additional Mstp Status Information

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

Bridge BrA (Dell)

Dell_BrA#show spanning-tree mst-configuration

Name: Dell

Revision: 0

Instance Vlan Mapped

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01

110

220

Bridge BrB (Dell)

Dell_BrB#show spanning-tree mst-configuration

Name: Dell

Revision: 0

Instance Vlan Mapped

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01

110

220

Bridge BrC (Cisco)

Cisco3750_BrC#show spanning-tree mst configuration

Name [Dell]

Revision 0 Instances configured 3

Instance Vlan Mapped

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01-9,11-19,21-4094

110

220

ADDITIONAL MSTP STATUS INFORMATION

You can also view information about MSTP states with the following command:

show spanning-tree active

The command is the same on the Dell and Cisco 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 WEB CONFIGURATION CONTENTSVOICE VLAN CONFIGURATION CLI CONFIGURATIONAPRIL DELL POWERCONNECT 62XX MSTP FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTIONActive Topology Admin Port StateSTP Port State MSTP Port StateFigure 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 Description SAMPLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATIONSCONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA CLI CommandCONFIGURING 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 ADDITIONAL MSTP STATUS INFORMATION Bridge BrA DellBridge BrB Dell Bridge BrC CiscoPriority Bridge BrA Dell APRILBridge BrB Dell ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SCALABILITY WITH MORE REGIONS Figure 7 Multiple MSTP Regions Figure 8 Multiple MSTP Region Interactions