GS716Tv2 and GS724Tv3 Software Administration Manual
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Configuration Examples
v1.0, July 2009
also have hosts in the Sales and HR departments. The hosts connected from Switch 2 use VLAN
500, MST instance 2 to communicate with the hosts on Switch 3 directly. Likewise, hosts of
Switch 1 use VLAN 300, MST instance 1 to communicate with the hosts on Switch 3 directly.
The hosts use different instances of MSTP to effectively use the links across the switch. The same
concept can be extended to other switches and more instances of MSTP.