GS700TS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
4-39 Configuring Switching Settings
v1.0, June 2009
– 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 S tatus – Di splays the point-to-point operational status which
depends on the connecting link.
•Activate Pro t ocol Migratio n – 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 Ins t ance 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: