Configuring ports as edge ports·························································································································· 77
Configuring path costs of ports···························································································································· 78
Configuring port priority······································································································································· 80
Enabling the MSTP feature ··································································································································· 82
Performing mCheck··············································································································································· 83
Configuring digest snooping································································································································ 83
Configuring no agreement check ························································································································ 85
Configuring TC snooping ····································································································································· 87
Displaying and maintaining MSTP······························································································································· 92
MSTP configuration example········································································································································ 92
BPDU tunneling configuration ···································································································································97
BPDU tunneling implementation··························································································································· 98
Configuring BPDU tunneling ········································································································································· 99
Configuration prerequisites ·································································································································· 99
Enabling BPDU tunneling······································································································································ 99
VLAN configuration ················································································································································ 104
VLAN fundamentals ············································································································································104
Types of VLAN·····················································································································································105
Configuring basic VLAN settings ·······························································································································106
Port-based VLAN configuration ··································································································································107
MAC-based VLAN configuration································································································································113
Introduction to MAC-based VLAN ·····················································································································113
Configuring MAC-based VLAN ·························································································································115
Displaying and maintaining VLAN ····························································································································125
Super VLAN configuration ····································································································································· 127
Configuring super VLAN ·············································································································································127
Isolate-user-VLAN configuration ····························································································································· 132
Configuration procedure·············································································································································133
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