166 CHAPTER 14: MSTP CONFIGURATION
link of a port is not a point-to-point link and you forcibly configure the link as a
point-to-point link, loops may occur temporarily.
Configuration example
# Configure the link connected to Ethernet 1/0/1 as a point-to-point link.
1 Perform this configuration in system view
<4210> system-view
[4210] stp interface Ethernet1/0/1 point-to-point force-true
2 Perform this configuration in Ethernet port view
<4210> system-view
[4210] interface Ethernet1/0/1
[4210-Ethernet1/0/1] stp point-to-point force-true
Enabling MSTP Configuration procedure
Tabl e 119 Enable MSTP in system view
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enable MSTP stp enable Required
MSTP is disabled by default.
Disable MSTP on specified
ports
stp interface interface-list
disable
Optional
By default, MSTP is enabled
on all ports after you enable
MSTP in system view.
To enable a switch to operate
more flexibly, you can disable
MSTP on specific ports. As
MSTP-disabled ports do not
participate in spanning tree
calculation, this operation
saves CPU resources of the
switch.
Tabl e 120 Enable MSTP in Ethernet port view
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enable MSTP stp enable Required
MSTP is disabled by default.
Enter Ethernet port view interface interface-type
interface-number
-