Dell PowerSwitch S4820T Configuration Guide for the S4820T System 9.100.0 - Page 903

Sample RSTP Configuration The following is a sample of an RSTP configuration. Using the example shown in the Overview section as a sample VLT topology, the primary VLT switch sends BPDUs to an access device (switch or server) with its own RSTP bridge ID. BPDUs generated by an RSTP-enabled access device are only processed by the primary VLT switch. The secondary VLT switch tunnels the BPDUs that it receives to the primary VLT switch over the VLT interconnect. Only the primary VLT switch determines the RSTP roles and states on VLT ports and ensures that the VLT interconnect link is never blocked. In the case of a primary VLT switch failure, the secondary switch starts sending BPDUs with its own bridge ID and inherits all the port states from the last synchronization with the primary switch. An access device never detects the change in primary/secondary roles and does not see it as a topology change. The following examples show the RSTP configuration that you must perform on each peer switch to prevent forwarding loops. Configure RSTP on VLT Peers to Prevent Forwarding Loops (VLT Peer 1) Dell_VLTpeer1(conf)#protocol spanning-tree rstp Dell_VLTpeer1(conf-rstp)#no disable Dell_VLTpeer1(conf-rstp)#bridge-priority 4096 Configure RSTP on VLT Peers to Prevent Forwarding Loops (VLT Peer 2) Dell_VLTpeer2(conf)#protocol spanning-tree rstp Dell_VLTpeer2(conf-rstp)#no disable Dell_VLTpeer2(conf-rstp)#bridge-priority 0 Configuring VLT To configure VLT, use the following procedure. Prerequisites: Before you begin, make sure that both VLT peer switches are running the same Dell Networking OS version and are configured for RSTP as described in RSTP Configuration. For VRRP operation, ensure that you configure VRRP groups and L3 routing on each VLT peer as described in VLT and VRRP interoperability in the Configuration Notes section. To configure VLT and create a VLT domain in which two switches are physically connected and treated as a single port channel by access devices, configure the following settings on each VLT peer device. 1 Configure the VLT interconnect for the VLT domain. The primary and secondary switch roles in the VLT domain are automatically assigned after you configure both sides of the VLTi. NOTE: If you use a third-party ToR unit, to avoid potential problems if you reboot the VLT peers, Dell recommends using static LAGs on the VLTi between VLT peers. 2 Enable VLT and create a VLT domain ID. VLT automatically selects a system MAC address. 3 Configure a backup link for the VLT domain. 4 (Optional) Manually reconfigure the default VLT settings, such as the MAC address and VLT primary/ secondary roles. 5 Connect the peer switches in a VLT domain to an attached access device (switch or server). Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) 903