•Revision

•Max Hops

•IST Master

User’s Manual of WGSD-1022/WGSD-8000

Where defines unsigned 16-bit number that identifies the revision of the current MST configuration. The revision number is required as part of the MST configuration.

The possible field range 0-65535.

Which indicates the total number of hops that occur in a specific region before the BPDU is discarded. Once the BPDU is discarded, the port information is aged out. The possible field range is 1-40.

The field default is 20 hops

Where identifies the Spanning Tree Master instance. The IST Master is the specified instance roo

4.9.6 MSTP Instance Settings

MSTP opreation maps VLANs into STP instances (see figure 4-51) Packets assigned to various VLANs are transmitted along

different paths within Multiple Spanning Trees Regions (MST Regions), Regions are one or more Multiple Spanning Tree

bridges by which frames can be transmitted. In configuring MST, the MST region to which the device belongs is defined. A

configuration consists of the name, revision, and region to which the device belongs.

Network Administrators can define MSTP Instances settings using the MSTP Instance Settings screen.

Figure 4-51MSTP Instance Settings screen

The page contains the following fields:

„Instance Configuration

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