Configuring ports as edge ports ·························································································································· 67
Configuring path costs of ports···························································································································· 67
Configuring port priority······································································································································· 70
Enabling the MSTP feature ··································································································································· 72
Performing mCheck ··············································································································································· 73
Configuring Digest Snooping······························································································································· 73
Configuring No Agreement Check······················································································································ 75
Configuring TC snooping ····································································································································· 77
Displaying and maintaining MSTP······························································································································· 82
MSTP configuration example ········································································································································ 82
Introduction to BPDU tunneling ····································································································································· 87
Background ···························································································································································· 87
BPDU tunneling implementation··························································································································· 88
Configuring BPDU tunneling ········································································································································· 89
Configuration prerequisites ·································································································································· 89
Enabling BPDU tunneling······································································································································ 90
VLAN configuration ···················································································································································94
Introduction to VLAN ····················································································································································· 94
VLAN overview······················································································································································ 94
VLAN fundamentals··············································································································································· 94
Types of VLANs ····················································································································································· 95
Configuring basic VLAN settings·································································································································· 96
Port-based VLAN configuration ···································································································································· 97
Introduction to port-based VLAN ························································································································· 97
MAC-based VLAN configuration································································································································103
Introduction to MAC-based VLAN ·····················································································································103
Configuring MAC-based VLAN ·························································································································104
Displaying and maintaining VLAN ····························································································································112
Overview·······································································································································································114
OUI addresses ·····················································································································································114
Voice VLAN assignment modes ·························································································································115
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