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User’s Manual
ORing Industrial Networking Corp
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5.1.7.5
MSTP
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) is a standard protocol base on IEEE 802.1s. The
function is that several VLANs can be mapping to a reduced number of spanning tree
instances because most networks do not need more than a few logical topologies. It supports
load balancing scheme and the CPU is sparer than PVST (Cisco proprietary technology).
MSTP Setting interface
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Label
Description
MSTP Enable
You must enable or disable MSTP function before configuring the
related parameters.
Force Version
The Force Version parameter can be used to force a VLAN Bridge
that supports RSTP to operate in an STP-compatible manner.
Configuration Name
The same MST Region must have the same MST configuration
name.
Revision Level
(0-65535)
The same MST Region must have the same revision level.
Priority (0-61440)
A value used to identify the root bridge. The bridge with the
lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the root.
If the value changes, You must reboot the switch. The value