Defining Mstp Instance Settings - Cisco 500 series Administration Manual

Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol

Defining MSTP Instance Settings

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Defining MSTP Instance Settings
Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide
Up to 16 MST instances can be defined on the 500 Series switches in addition to
instance zero.
For those VLANs that are not explicitly mapped to one of the MST instances, the
switch automatically maps them to the CIST (Core and Internal Spanning Tree)
instance. The CIST instance is MST instance 0.
To map VLANs to MST Instances:
Click Spanning Tree > VLAN to MSTP Instance. The
page is displayed.
VLAN to MSTP Instance
The
• MST Instance ID—All MST instances are displayed.
• VLANs—All VLANs belonging to the MST instance are displayed.
To add a VLAN to an MSTP instance, select the MST instance, and click Edit. The
Edit MST Instance to VLAN page is displayed.
Enter the parameters.
• MST Instance ID—Select the MST instance.
• VLANs—Define the VLANs being mapped to this MST instance.
• Action—Define whether to add (map) the VLAN to the MST instance or
remove it.
Click Apply. The MSTP VLAN mappings are defined, and the Running
Configuration file is updated.
MSTP Instance Settings
The
per MST instance. This is the per-instance equivalent to the Configuring STP
Status and Global Settings.
page contains the following fields:
page enables you to configure and view parameters
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