HP 6120XG HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Advanced Traffic Management G - Page 7

Overview 4-3 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP 4-6 MSTP Structure 4-7 How MSTP Operates 4-9 MST Regions 4-9 Regions, Legacy STP and RSTP Switches, and the Common Spanning Tree (CST 4-11 MSTP Operation with 802.1Q VLANs 4-12 Terminology 4-13 Operating Rules 4-15 MSTP Compatibility with RSTP or STP 4-16 Configuring MSTP 4-17 Planning an MSTP Application 4-17 MSTP Configuration Overview 4-19 Configuring MSTP Operation Mode and Global Settings 4-21 Configuring MSTP Per-Port Parameters 4-26 Configuring Per Port Parameters 4-26 Configuring BPDU Filtering 4-30 Configuring BPDU Protection 4-31 Configuring MST Instance Parameters 4-35 Configuring MST Instance Per-Port Parameters 4-37 Enabling or Disabling Spanning Tree Operation 4-40 Enabling an Entire MST Region at Once or Exchanging One Region Configuration for Another 4-40 MSTP VLAN Configuration Enhancement 4-42 PreConfiguring VLANs in an MST Instance 4-43 Configuring MSTP Instances with the VLAN Range Option . . . . 4-44 Operating Notes for the VLAN Configuration Enhancement . . . 4-46 How to Save Your Current Configuration 4-47 Displaying MSTP Statistics and Configuration 4-49 Displaying Global MSTP Status 4-50 Displaying Detailed Port Information 4-52 Displaying Status for a Specific MST Instance 4-53 Displaying the MSTP Configuration 4-54 Troubleshooting an MSTP Configuration 4-58 vi