Dell Force10 C150 Manual page 39

Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL into a Cisco Nexus Network Environment
MXL2(conf-rstp)#disable
MXL2(conf-rstp)#exit
MXL2(conf)#no protocol spanning-tree rstp
MXL2(conf)#exit
MXL2#
Enable PVST Spanning Tree on the MXL
Here are the commands to configure PVST:
MXL2#configure
MXL2(conf)#protocol spanning-tree pvst
MXL2(conf-pvst)#no disable
MXL2(conf-pvst)#exit
MXL2(conf)#exit
MXL2#
Verify that Spanning Tree is Running as Expected
What is show below as a result of the show spanning-tree command is:
1) The MXL's STP has converged with the Nexus switches and has accepted N5K1 as the Root Bridge
with its Priority of 24576
2) Interface 1/43 has a status of Blocking and is in the Role of Alternate
3) Interface 1/45 has a status of Forwarding and is in the Role of Root.
4) Given that 1/45 has the lowest Path Cost to the Root Bridge, this is the expected topology
MXL2# show spanning-tree pvst vlan 10 brief
VLAN 10
Executing IEEE compatible Spanning Tree Protocol
Root ID Priority 24586, Address 547f.ee7a.7301
Root Bridge hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bridge ID Priority 32768, Address 001e.c9f1.0153
Configured hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bpdu filter disabled globally
Interface
Name PortID Prio Cost
---------- -------- ---- ------ ----------- ------- -------------------- --------
Designated
Sts Cost Bridge ID PortID
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