CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | 3 |
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| IEEE 802.1S MULTIPLE SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL OVERVIEW | 3 |
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| DELL POWERCONNECT 62XX MSTP FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION | 3 |
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| ACTIVE TOPOLOGY ENFORCEMENT | 5 |
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| CONTROL PACKET BEHAVIOR | 6 |
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| MSTP CLI COMMANDS | 6 |
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| OPERATION IN THE NETWORK | 7 |
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| SAMPLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATIONS | 9 |
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| CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA (WEB INTERFACE) | 10 |
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| CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrB | 16 |
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| CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrC | 16 |
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| CONFIGURING EDGE DEVICES | 17 |
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| VIEWING THE MSTP STATUS | 18 |
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| ADDITIONAL MSTP STATUS INFORMATION | 19 |
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| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SCALABILITY | 23 |
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| VOICE VLAN CONFIGURATION | 4 |
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| CLI CONFIGURATION | 4 |
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| WEB CONFIGURATION | 8 |
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| FIGURES |
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| FIGURE 1: VID TO FID ALLOCATION | 4 |
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| FIGURE 2: EXAMPLE FID TO MSTI ALLOCATION | 5 |
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| FIGURE 3: EXAMPLE RESULTANT VID TO MSTI ALLOCATION | 5 |
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| FIGURE 4: SMALL BRIDGED NETWORK | 7 |
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| FIGURE 5: SINGLE STP TOPOLOGY | 7 |
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| FIGURE 7: MULTIPLE MSTP REGIONS | 24 |
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| FIGURE 8: MULTIPLE MSTP REGION INTERACTIONS | 25 |
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