NETGEAR GS748TS manual MST Configuration

GS700TS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual

–Disables – Disables point-to-point link.

–Auto – Enables the device to automatically establish a point-to-point link. This is the default value.

•Point-to-Point Operational Status – Displays the point-to-point operational status which depends on the connecting link.

•Activate Protocol Migration – Activate sending Link Control Protocol (LCP) packets to configure and test that the data link is enabled.

2.Select the interface.

3.Select the Point-to-Point Admin Status from the list in the provided field in the first row.

4.To configure and test the data link, check Activate Protocol Migration in the provided field in the first row.

5.Click APPLY to update the device.

MST Configuration

Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) allows the user to group and associate VLANs to spanning tree instances. Each Spanning Tree Instance has an independent topology of other Spanning Tree Instances. The architecture provides multiple forwarding paths for data traffic, thus enabling load balancing in the network and fault tolerance provision. For example, while port A is blocked in one STP instance, the same port can be placed in the Forwarding state in another STP instance.

To define MSTP:

1.Click Switching > STP > Advanced > MST Configuration. The MST Configuration screen displays:

4-39 Configuring Switching Settings

v1.0, June 2009