Operation Manual – MSTP 
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510  Chapter 1  
MSTP Configuration
 
Huawei Technologies Proprietary 
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Transm
ission 
speed
Operation mode 
(half-/full-duplex) 
802.1D-1998 IEEE 802.1t 
Proprietary 
standard  
10 
Gbps 
Full-duplex 
Aggregated link 2 ports
Aggregated link 3 ports
Aggregated link 4 ports
2 
1 
1 
1 
200,000 
1,000 
666 
500 
2 
1 
1 
1 
 
Normally, the path cost of a port operating in full-duplex mode is slightly less than that of 
the port operating in half-duplex mode. 
When calculating the path cost of an aggregated link, the 802.1D-1998 standard does 
not take the number of the ports on the aggregated link into account, whereas the 
802.1T standard does. The following formula is used to calculate the path cost of an 
aggregated link: 
Path cost = 200,000,/ link transmission speed, 
Where the link transmission speed is the sum of the speeds of the unblocked ports on 
the aggregated link, which is measured in 100 Kbps. 
II. Configuring the path costs of ports 
Table 1-24 Configure the path cost for specified ports in system view 
Operation  Command  Description 
Enter system view 
system-view 
— 
Configure the path 
cost for specified 
ports 
stp interface  interface-list 
[ instance instance-id ] cost 
cost 
Required 
A MSTP-enabled switch can 
calculate path costs for all its 
ports automatically. 
 
Table 1-25 Configure the path cost for a port in Ethernet port view 
Operation  Command  Description 
Enter system view 
system-view 
— 
Enter Ethernet port 
view 
interface  interface-type 
interface-number 
— 
Configure the path 
cost for the port 
stp [ instance  instance-id ] 
cost cost 
Required 
A MSTP-enabled switch can 
calculate path costs for all its 
ports automatically.