
Operation Manual – MSTP
H3C S9500 Series Routing Switches
Chapter 1 MSTP Configuration
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II. Network diagram
Figure 1-7
Network diagram for VLAN Ignore configuration
III. Configuration procedure
1) Enable VLAN Ignore on Switch B.
# Enable VLAN Ignore on VLAN 2.
<SysnameB> system-view
[SysnameB] stp ignored vlan 2
2) Verify the configuration
# Display the VLAN Ignore-enabled VLANs.
[SysnameB] display stp ignored-vlan
STP-Ignored VLAN: 2
1.7 Configuring Digest Snooping
As defined in IEEE 802.1s, interconnected devices are in the same region only when
the region related configuration (domain name, revision level, VLAN-to-MSTI mappings)
on them is identical. An MSTP enabled device identifies devices in the same MST
region via checking the configuration ID in BPDU packets. The configuration ID
includes the region name, revision level, configuration digest that is in 16-byte length
and is the result computed via the HMAC-MD5 algorithm based on VLAN-to-MSTI
mappings.
In practical networking implementations, since MSTP implementations differ with
vendors, the configuration digest computed using private keys is different; hence
different vendors’ devices in the same MST region can not communicate with each
other.
Enabling the Digest Snooping feature on the associated port can make a device
communicate with another vendor’s device in the same MST region.
1.7.1 Configuration Prerequisites
Associated devices of different vendors are interconnected and run MSTP.
1.7.2 Configuration Procedure
Follow these steps to configure Digest Snooping: