Spanning-Tree Operation

802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

Operating Notes

SNMP MIB Support for MSTP. MSTP is a superset of the STP/802.1D and RSTP/802.1w protocols and uses the MIB objects defined for these two protocols.

Troubleshooting

Duplicate packets on a VLAN, or packets not arriving on a LAN at all.

The allocation of VLANs to MSTIs may not be identical among all switches in a region.

A Switch Intended To Operate Within a Region Does Not Receive

Traffic from Other Switches in the Region. An MSTP switch intended for a particular region may not have the same configuration name or region revision number as the other switches intended for the same region. The MSTP Configuration Name and MSTP Configuration Revision number must be iden­ tical on all MSTP switches intended for the same region. Another possibility is that the set of VLANs configured on the switch may not match the set of VLANs configured on other switches in the intended region.

5-81