Chapter 11 Spanning Tree Protocol
Figure 40 STP/RSTP Network Example
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With MSTP, VLANs 1 and 2 are mapped to different spanning trees in the network. Thus traffic from the two VLANs travel on different paths. The following figure shows the network example using MSTP.
Figure 41 MSTP Network Example
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11.1.4.2 MST Region
An MST region is a logical grouping of multiple network devices that appears as a single device to the rest of the network. Each
Devices that belong to the same MST region are configured to have the same MSTP configuration identification settings. These include the following parameters:
•Name of the MST region
•Revision level as the unique number for the MST region
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