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HP ProCurve 6400cl Series User Manual

HP ProCurve 6400cl Series
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Contents
802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
MSTP Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
How MSTP Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47
MST Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47
Regions, Legacy STP and RSTP Switches, and the Common
Spanning Tree (CST)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
MSTP Operation with 802.1Q VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52
Transitioning from STP or RSTP to MSTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
Tips for Planning an MSTP Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
Steps for Configuring MSTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-55
Configuring MSTP Operation Mode and Global Parameters . . . . . . . 6-57
Configuring Basic Port Connectivity Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-61
Configuring MST Instance Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-63
Configuring MST Instance Per-Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-66
Enabling or Disabling Spanning Tree Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-69
Enabling an Entire MST Region at Once or Exchanging One
Region Configuration for Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-69
Displaying MSTP Statistics and Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-71
Displaying MSTP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-71
Displaying the MSTP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-74
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-78
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-78
7 Switch Meshing
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Switch Meshing Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Using a Heterogeneous Switch Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Bringing Up a Switch Mesh Domain: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Further Operating Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
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