Item

Description

 

 

Set the type of protection to be enabled on the port:

Protection

Not Set—No protection is enabled on the port.

 

 

Edged Port, Root Protection, Loop Protection—For more information, see 3.

 

 

 

 

Instance ID

Set the priority and path cost of the port in the current MSTI.

 

 

The priority of a port is an important factor in determining whether or not the

 

Port

 

port can be elected as the root port of a device. If all other conditions are the

 

Priority

 

same, the port with the highest priority will be elected as the root port. On an

 

 

 

Auto Path

 

MSTP-enabled device, a port can have different priorities in different MSTIs,

 

Cost

and the same port can play different roles in different MSTIs, so that data of

 

 

different VLANs can be propagated along different physical paths, thus

Instance

implementing per-VLAN load balancing. You can set port priority values based

 

 

on the actual networking requirements.

 

Manual

Path cost is a parameter related to the rate of a port. On an MSTP-enabled

 

device, a port can have different path costs in different MSTIs. Setting

 

Path Cost

 

appropriate path costs allows VLAN traffic flows to be forwarded along

 

 

 

 

different physical links, thus achieving VLAN-based load balancing. The device

 

 

can automatically calculate the default path cost; alternatively, you can also

 

 

manually configure path cost for ports.

 

 

 

 

 

Specify whether or not the port is connected to a point-to-point link:

 

 

Auto—The link type of the port is automatically detected.

 

 

Force False—The link type for the port is not point-to-point link.

 

Point to

Force True—The link type for the port is point-to-point link.

 

 

 

Point

IMPORTANT:

 

 

If a port is configured as connecting to a point-to-point link, the setting takes effect for

 

 

the port in all MSTIs. If the physical link to which the port connects is not a

 

 

point-to-point link but you force it to be a point-to-point link by configuration, the

 

 

configuration may cause a temporary loop.

Advanced

Configure the maximum number of MSTP packets that can be sent during each

 

Transmit

hello interval.

 

Limit

The larger the transmit limit is, the more network resources will be occupied. HP

 

 

recommends you to use the default value.

 

 

 

 

 

Set whether or not the port migrates to the MSTP mode.

 

 

In a switched network, if a port on an MSTP (or RSTP) device connects to a device

 

MSTP

running STP, this port will automatically migrate to the STP-compatible mode. After

 

the device running STP is removed, the port on the MSTP (or RSTP) device may not

 

Mode

 

be able to migrate automatically to the MSTP (or RSTP) mode, but will remain

 

 

 

 

working in the STP-compatible mode. You can set this option to enable the port to

 

 

automatically migrate to the MSTP (or RSTP) mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Select one or multiple ports on which you want to configure MSTP on the chassis

Select port(s)

front panel. If aggregate interfaces are configured on the device, the page displays

a list of aggregate interfaces below the chassis front panel. You can select

 

 

 

 

aggregate interfaces from this list.

 

 

 

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