NETGEAR GS724TS-100NAS manual Ports e1-e5

GS716Tv2 and GS724Tv3 Software Administration Manual

Ports e1-e5	Ports e1-e5
Connected to Hosts	Connected to Hosts

Ports e6-e8

Connected to Switch 2 and 3

Switch 1

Root Bridge

Switch 2

Ports e6-e8

Connected to Switch 1 and 2

Switch 3

Ports e1-e5

Connected to Hosts

Perform the following procedures on each switch to configure MSTP:

1.Use the VLAN Configuration screen to create VLANs 300 and 500 (see VLAN Configuration on page 80).

2.Use the VLAN Membership screen to include ports g1–g8 as tagged (T) or untagged (U) members of VLAN 300 and VLAN 500 (see VLAN Membership Configuration on page 81).

3.From the STP Configuration screen, enable the Spanning Tree State option (see STP Switch Configuration on page 93).

Use the default values for the rest of the STP configuration settings. By default, the STP Operation Mode is MSTP and the Configuration Name is the switch MAC address.

4.From the CST Configuration screen, set the Bridge Priority value for each of the three switches to force Switch 1 to be the root bridge:

•Switch 1: 4096

•Switch 2: 12288

•Switch 3: 20480

Note: Bridge priority values are multiples of 4096.

If you do not specify a root bridge and all switches have the same Bridge Priority value, the switch with the lowest MAC address is elected as the root bridge (see CST

Configuration on page 95).

5.From the CST Port Configuration screen, select ports g1–g8 and select Enable from the STP Status menu (see CST Port Configuration on page 97).

6.Click Apply.

7.Select ports g1–g5 (edge ports), and select Enable from the Fast Link menu.

Appendix B: Configuration Examples 265