Index – 9
configuration … 3-19, 3-42
configuration identifier … 3-12
configuration steps … 3-17
configuration, BPDU port protection … 3-28
configuration, exchanging … 3-42
configuration, MST instance … 3-37
configuration, MSTI per-port … 3-39
configuration, port … 3-24
CST … 3-6, 3-9, 3-11
CST and legacy devices … 3-9
CST, view status … 3-53, 3-54
debug, display counters … 3-63, 3-64, 3-66
default configuration … 3-7
designated bridge … 3-9, 3-12
designated port … 3-9
disabling MSTP … 3-42
display statistics and configuration … 3-51
dynamic VLANs, disallowed … 3-7
edge port … 3-25
enabling a region … 3-42
enabling MSTP … 3-42
example of multiple topologies … 3-8
fault tolerance … 3-4
force protocol version … 3-14
forward-delay … 3-21
forwarding paths … 3-14
forwarding state … 3-25
frame duplication and misordering … 3-14
general operation … 3-2, 3-4
GVRP … 3-6, 3-13
hello-time, CIST root, propagated … 3-13, 3-22
hello-time, override … 3-13
hello-time, propagated … 3-13
hop-count decremented … 3-22
instance … 3-2, 3-13, 3-18
instance, display debug counters … 3-63, 3-64,
3-66
instance, forwarding topology … 3-14
instance, IST … 3-6
instance, type … 3-6
internal spanning tree
See IST.
interoperating with 802.1D and 802.1w … 3-11
IST … 3-6
IST instance … 3-6, 3-37, 3-46
IST root … 3-6, 3-8, 3-12
IST root, display change history … 3-60
IST, defined … 3-11
IST, dynamic VLAN … 3-13
IST, root switch … 3-11
IST, switch membership … 3-11
IST, VLAN membership … 3-6
legacy devices and the CST … 3-9
legacy STP and RSTP … 3-9
mesh environment … 3-4, 3-14
MIB … 3-51
MST region
See region.
MSTI … 3-6, 3-13
MSTI root … 3-8
MSTI root, display change history … 3-60
MSTI, view status … 3-55
MSTP … 3-7
MSTP operation … 3-7
MSTP, view global configuration … 3-56
multiple spanning tree instance
See MSTI
override hello-time … 3-13
path cost, effect on 802.1D … 3-14
pending configuration … 3-59
pending option … 3-7, 3-20, 3-42
per-VLAN STP … 3-4
planning … 3-15
port connectivity … 3-24
port states … 3-8, 3-14
priority resolution … 3-38
priority, device … 3-17, 3-23
priority, IST port … 3-41
priority, MSTI port … 3-40
QinQ configuration impacts … 7-31
rapid state transitions … 3-14
redundant links … 3-9
region … 3-2, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7
region name … 3-12, 3-19
region root switch … 3-6
region, configuration name … 3-71
region, Configuration Revision number … 3-71
region, defined … 3-12
region, enabling … 3-42
region, root bridge … 3-11
region, RSTP bridge … 3-13
region, switch configuration … 3-13
region, switch excluded … 3-71
region, view configuration … 3-58
region, VLAN assignments … 3-12
regional boundary port … 3-12