HP 3600 v2 series Configuration Manual page 5

MSTP features ························································································································································ 66
MSTP basic concepts ············································································································································ 66
How MSTP works ·················································································································································· 70
Implementation of MSTP on devices ···················································································································· 71
Protocols and standards ················································································································································ 71
Spanning tree configuration task list ···························································································································· 71
Configuring the spanning tree ······································································································································ 76
Setting the spanning tree mode ··························································································································· 76
Configuring an MST region ································································································································· 76
Configuring the root bridge or a secondary root bridge ·················································································· 77
Configuring the device priority ···························································································································· 78
Configuring the maximum hops of an MST region ··························································································· 79
Configuring the network diameter of a switched network ················································································ 79
Configuring spanning tree timers ························································································································ 80
Configuring the timeout factor ····························································································································· 81
Configuring the maximum port rate ···················································································································· 82
Configuring edge ports ········································································································································· 82
Configuring path costs of ports ···························································································································· 83
Configuring the port priority ································································································································ 85
Configuring the port link type ······························································································································ 86
Configuring the mode a port uses to recognize/send MSTP packets ····························································· 86
Enabling the output of port state transition information ···················································································· 87
Enabling the spanning tree feature ····················································································································· 87
Performing mCheck ··············································································································································· 89
Configuring Digest Snooping ······························································································································· 89
Configuring No Agreement Check······················································································································ 92
Configuring TC snooping ····································································································································· 94
Configuring protection functions ·························································································································· 95
Displaying and maintaining the spanning tree ··········································································································· 98
Spanning tree configuration examples ························································································································ 99
MSTP configuration example ······························································································································· 99
PVST configuration example ······························································································································ 103
BPDU tunneling configuration ································································································································ 107
Introduction to BPDU tunneling ··································································································································· 107
Background ·························································································································································· 107
BPDU tunneling implementation ························································································································· 108
Configuring BPDU tunneling ······································································································································· 109
Configuration prerequisites ································································································································ 109
Enabling BPDU tunneling ···································································································································· 110
Configuring destination multicast MAC address for BPDUs ··········································································· 110
BPDU tunneling configuration examples ···················································································································· 111
BPDU tunneling for STP configuration example ······························································································· 111
BPDU tunneling for PVST configuration example ····························································································· 112
VLAN configuration ················································································································································ 114
Overview ······································································································································································· 114
VLAN ···································································································································································· 114
VLAN fundamentals············································································································································· 114
VLAN types ·························································································································································· 115
Protocols and standards ····································································································································· 116
Configuring basic VLAN settings································································································································ 116
Configuring basic settings of a VLAN interface ······································································································· 117
VLAN interface overview ···································································································································· 117
Configuration procedure ···································································································································· 117
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