NOTE:

The following configurations are unsupported:

HP PVST+ (default Spanning Tree setting) is NOT interoperable with Cisco Rapid PVST+.

HP MSTP/RSTP (with mode set to either ‘mstp’ or ‘rstp’) is NOT interoperable with Cisco Rapid PVST+.

The following configurations are supported:HP PVST+ (default Spanning Tree setting) is interoperable with Cisco PVST+.HP MSTP/RSTP (with mode set to ‘mstp’) is interoperable with Cisco MST/RSTP.Common Internal Spanning Tree configurationCommand: /cfg/l2/mrst/cist[Common Internal Spanning Tree Menu]

brg

-

CISTBridge parameter menu

port

-

CIST

Port parameter menu

default -

Default Common Internal Spanning Tree and Member parameters

cur

-

Display current CIST parameters

The Common Internal Spanning Tree (CIST) provides compatibility with different MSTP regions and with devices running different Spanning Tree instances. It is equivalent to Spanning Tree Group 0.

The following table describes the commands used to configure Common Internal Spanning Tree Configuration Menu options.

Table 115 Common Internal Spanning Tree Configuration Menu options

Command

Description

 

 

brg

Displays the CIST Bridge Menu.

 

 

port <port number>

Displays the CIST Port Menu.

 

 

add <1-4095>

Adds VLANs to the CIST. Enter one VLAN per line, and press Enter to add the VLANs.

 

 

default

Resets all CIST parameters to their default values.

 

 

cur

Displays the current CIST configuration.

 

 

CIST bridge configurationCommand: /cfg/l2/mrst/cist/brg
[CIST Bridge Menu]

 

prior- Set CIST bridge Priority (0-65535)

 

mxage- Set CIST bridge Max Age (6-40 secs)

 

fwd

-

Set CIST bridge Forward Delay (4-30secs)

cur

-

Display current CIST bridge parameters

 

 

 

 

CIST bridge parameters are used only when the switch is in MSTP mode. CIST parameters do not affect operation of STP/PVST.

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