Spanning-Tree Operation 
802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) 
Operating Notes 
SNMP MIB Support for MSTP.  MSTP is a superset of the STP/802.1D and 
RSTP/802.1w protocols and uses the MIB objects defined for these two 
protocols. Also, as of December, 2003, there has been no formal MIB definition 
published for 802.1s MSTP managed objects. 
Troubleshooting 
Duplicate packets on a VLAN, or packets not arriving on a LAN at all. 
The allocation of VLANs to MSTIs may not be identical among all switches in 
a region. 
A Switch Intended To Operate Within a Region Does Not Receive 
Traffic from Other Switches in the Region.  An MSTP switch intended 
for a particular region may not have the same configuration name or region 
revision number as the other switches intended for the same region. The MSTP 
Configuration Name and MSTP Configuration Revision number must be iden-
tical on all MSTP switches intended for the same region. Another possibility 
is that the set of VLANs configured on the switch may not match the set of 
VLANs configured on other switches in the intended region. 
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