Dell 6200 manual April, Multiple MSTP Region Interactions

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

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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 VOICE VLAN CONFIGURATION CONTENTSCLI CONFIGURATION WEB CONFIGURATIONAPRIL DELL POWERCONNECT 62XX MSTP FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTIONINTRODUCTION IEEE 802.1S MULTIPLE SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL OVERVIEWSTP Port State Admin Port StateMSTP Port State Active TopologyAPRIL ACTIVE TOPOLOGY ENFORCEMENTFigure 2 Example FID to MSTI Allocation Figure 3 Example Resultant VID to MSTI AllocationCONTROL PACKET BEHAVIOR MSTP CLI COMMANDSAPRIL show spanning-treeAPRIL OPERATION IN THE NETWORKFigure 4 Small Bridged Network Figure 5 Single STP TopologyFigure 6 Logical MSTP Environment APRILCONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA CLI SAMPLE SETUP AND CONFIGURATIONSCommand DescriptionCommand CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrA WEB INTERFACEAPRIL DescriptionAPRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL 10. Click Apply ChangesAPRIL 12. Click Show All to access the MSTP Settings TableCONFIGURING BRIDGE BrC CONFIGURING BRIDGE BrBCommand APRILCommand CONFIGURING EDGE DEVICESCommand APRILAPRIL show spanning-tree mst configurationVIEWING THE MSTP STATUS Bridge BrB Dell Bridge BrA DellBridge BrC Cisco ADDITIONAL MSTP STATUS INFORMATIONBridge BrC Cisco APRILPriority 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