Nortel Networks 450 manual Possible Problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol

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BayStack 450 10/100/1000 Series Switches

To connect multiple VLANs across switches with redundant links, you must disable the STP on all participating switch ports. Figure 1-23 shows possible consequences of enabling the STP when using VLANs between untagged (non-802.1Q tagged) switches.

Station A

VLAN 1

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CommunicationsForwarding

VLAN 1

Station B

Non-802.1Q tagged switch

S1

VLAN 2

Blocking

Non-802.1Q tagged switch

S2

VLAN 2

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Figure 1-23. Possible Problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol

As shown in Figure 1-23, with STP enabled, only one connection between S1 and S2 is forwarding at any time. Communications failure occurs between VLAN 2 of S1 and VLAN 2 of S2, blocking communications between Stations A and B.

The STP selects the link connecting VLAN 1 on Switches S1 and S2 as the forwarding link based on port speed, duplex-mode, and port priority. Because the other link connecting VLAN 2 is in Blocking mode, stations on VLAN 2 in switch S1 cannot communicate with stations in VLAN 2 on switch S2. With multiple links only one link will be forwarding.

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Nortel Networks 450 manual Possible Problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol