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Figure 164 Basic concepts in MSTP
MST region
A multiple spanning tree region (MST region) consists of multiple devices in a switched network and the
network segments among them. All these devices have the following characteristics:
ï‚· MSTP-enabled
ï‚· Same region name
ï‚· Same VLAN-to-MSTI mapping configuration
ï‚· Same MSTP revision level
ï‚· Physically linked together
All the devices in region A0 in Figure 164 have the same MST region configuration:
ï‚· The same region name
ï‚· The same VLAN-to-MSTI mapping configuration (VLAN 1 is mapped to MSTI 1, VLAN 2 to MSTI 2,
and the rest to the common and internal spanning tree (CIST, that is, MSTI 0)
ï‚· The same MSTP revision level (not shown in the figure)
Multiple MST regions can exist in a switched network. You can assign multiple devices to the same MST
region.
VLAN-to-MSTI mapping table
As an attribute of an MST region, the VLAN-to-MSTI mapping table describes the mapping relationships
between VLANs and MSTIs. In Figure 164, the VLAN-to-MSTI mapping table of region A0 is: VLAN 1 is