7.6.1.1 Configuring the MSTP Mode
Context
Before configuring basic MSTP functions, set the working mode of a switching device to MSTP.
MSTP is compatible with STP and RSTP.
Procedure
Step 1
Run:
system-view
The system view is displayed.
Step 2
Run:
stp mode
mstp
The working mode of the switching device is set to MSTP. By default, the working mode is
MSTP.
STP and MSTP cannot recognize packets of each other, but MSTP and RSTP can. If an MSTP-
enabled switching device is connected to switching devices running STP, interfaces of the
MSTP-enabled switching device connected to devices running STP automatically transition to
STP mode, and other interfaces still work in MSTP mode. This enables devices running different
spanning tree protocols to interwork with each other.
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7.6.1.2 Configuring and Activating an MST Region
Context
An MST region contains multiple switching devices and network segments. These switching
devices are directly connected and have the same region name, same VLAN-to-instance
mapping, and the same configuration revision number after MSTP is enabled. One switching
network can have multiple MST regions. You can use MSTP commands to group multiple
switching devices into one MST region.
NOTE
Two switching devices belong to the same MST region when they have the same:
l
Name of the MST region
l
Mapping between VLANs and MSTIs
l
Revision level of the MST region
Perform the following steps on a switching device that needs to join an MST region.
Procedure
Step 1
Run:
system-view
The system view is displayed.
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