HP 445946-001 manual Vlan participation in Spanning Tree Groups

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Spanning Tree Protocol

Figure 9 Two VLANs on one instance of Spanning Tree Protocol

In the following figure, VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 belong to different Spanning Tree Groups. The two instances of spanning tree separate the topology without forming a loop, so that both VLANs can forward packets between the switches without losing connectivity.

Figure 10 Two VLANs on separate instances of Spanning Tree Protocol

VLAN participation in Spanning Tree Groups

The following table shows which switch ports participate in each Spanning Tree Group. By default, server ports (ports 1-16) do not participate in Spanning Tree, even though they are members of their respective VLANs.

Table 12 VLAN participation in Spanning Tree Groups

 

VLAN 1

VLAN 2

 

 

 

 

Switch 1

Spanning Tree Group 1

Spanning Tree Group 2

 

Port 20

Port 21

 

 

 

 

Switch 2

Spanning Tree Group 1

Spanning Tree Group 2

 

Port 20

Port 21

 

 

 

 

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HP 445946-001 manual Vlan participation in Spanning Tree Groups, Two VLANs on separate instances of Spanning Tree Protocol