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

1.From the Switching > VLAN > VLAN Membership page, click Add.

2.From the Add VLAN page, enter 10 in the VLAN ID field and click Apply Changes.

APRIL 2008

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WITH CISCO IOS OR CISCO CATOS BASED SWITCHES Information in this document is subject to change without noticeMSTP INTEROPERABILITY OF THE DELL POWERCONNECT 6200 SERIES SWITCHES WEB CONFIGURATION CONTENTSVOICE VLAN CONFIGURATION CLI CONFIGURATIONIEEE 802.1S MULTIPLE SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL OVERVIEW DELL POWERCONNECT 62XX MSTP FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTIONAPRIL INTRODUCTIONActive Topology Admin Port StateSTP Port State MSTP Port StateFigure 3 Example Resultant VID to MSTI Allocation ACTIVE TOPOLOGY ENFORCEMENTAPRIL Figure 2 Example FID to MSTI Allocationshow spanning-tree MSTP CLI COMMANDSCONTROL PACKET BEHAVIOR APRILFigure 5 Single STP Topology OPERATION IN THE NETWORKAPRIL Figure 4 Small Bridged NetworkFigure 6 Logical MSTP Environment APRILDescription SAMPLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATIONSCONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA CLI CommandDescription CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA WEB INTERFACECommand APRILAPRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL 10. Click Apply ChangesAPRIL 12. Click Show All to access the MSTP Settings TableAPRIL CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrBCONFIGURING BRIDGE BrC CommandAPRIL CONFIGURING EDGE DEVICESCommand CommandVIEWING THE MSTP STATUS show spanning-tree mst configurationAPRIL ADDITIONAL MSTP STATUS INFORMATION Bridge BrA DellBridge BrB Dell Bridge BrC CiscoPriority APRILBridge BrC Cisco Bridge BrA Dell APRILBridge BrB Dell APRILADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SCALABILITY WITH MORE REGIONS APRILFigure 7 Multiple MSTP Regions APRILFigure 8 Multiple MSTP Region Interactions APRIL