MSTP … 5-9

MSTP operation … 5-9

MSTP, view global configuration … 5-43multiple spanning tree instance

See MSTI

override hello-time5-14

path cost, effect on 802.1D … 5-16 pending configuration … 5-46 pending option … 5-9,5-20,5-38,5-39per-VLAN STP … 5-6

planning … 5-16

port connectivity … 5-22 port states … 5-10,5-15 priority resolution … 5-33 priority, device … 5-18,5-34 priority, IST port … 5-37 priority, MSTI port … 5-36

rapid state transitions … 5-15,5-17 redundant links … 5-11

region … 5-2,5-7,5-8 region name … 5-13,5-20 region root switch … 5-8 region, configuration name … 5-48

region, Configuration Revision number … 5-48 region, defined … 5-13

region, enabling … 5-38 region, root bridge … 5-13 region, RSTP bridge … 5-14 region, switch configuration … 5-14 region, switch excluded … 5-48 region, view configuration … 5-45 region, VLAN assignments … 5-13 regional boundary port … 5-13 regional root bridge per-instance5-11 regional root switch … 5-13

regional root switch, configuration … 5-14 regions, communication between … 5-14 root bridge … 5-7

root bridge per-instance5-11 root bridge per-region5-13 root port per-instance5-11 root switch, instance … 5-33

root switch, IST instance … 5-8,5-13 root switch, MST instance … 5-14 root switch, regional … 5-13,5-14 root, CIST … 5-22

root, IST … 5-13 root, MSTI … 5-10

routed traffic in a region … 5-11 RSTP as a region … 5-7

RSTP BPDU requirement … 5-14 RSTP bridge … 5-14

rules for operation … 5-14 separate forwarding paths … 5-8 show commands … 5-40 SNMP MIB … 5-48

STP as a region … 5-7

switch excluded from region … 5-48 topology between regions … 5-9 trunk, root, per-instance5-11 trunked link … 5-43

trunked link example … 5-12 types of MST instances … 5-8

VLAN assignments, region … 5-13,5-14 VLAN membership, region … 5-12 VLAN, change instance … 5-18 VLAN, configuration error … 5-48

VLAN, connectivity between regions … 5-14 VLAN, duplicate or missing packets … 5-48 VLAN, dynamic … 5-8

VLAN, instance assigned … 5-10,5-14,5-32 with legacy STP and RSTP … 5-7

stacking

benefits … 7-4,7-5

minimum software version, other ProCurve switches … 7-10

primary … 7-47

See also virtual stacking. static VLAN, convert to … 3-3 subnet … 4-12

subnet address … 2-3

T

tagged VLAN See VLAN.

ToS

See Class of Service.

trunk, spanning-tree example … 5-12Type of Service

using to prioritize IP traffic … 6-16Type of Service field (IP)

configuring packet priority … 6-16 how the switch uses it … 6-28

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