HP 5120 EI Series Lan Switching Configuration Manual page 75

Figure 21 Network diagram and topology of MST region 3
To MST region 4
Device A
Device C
MST region
A multiple spanning tree region (MST region) consists of multiple devices in a switched network and the
network segments among them. All these devices have the following characteristics:
• A spanning tree protocol enabled
Same region name
•
Same VLAN-to-instance mapping configuration
•
Same MSTP revision level
•
Physically linked together
•
Multiple MST regions can exist in a switched network. You can assign multiple devices to the same MST
region. In Figure
region 4, and all devices in each MST region have the same MST region configuration.
MSTI
MSTP can generate multiple independent spanning trees in an MST region, and each spanning tree is
mapped to the specific VLANs. Each spanning tree is referred to as a multiple spanning tree instance
(MSTI).
In Figure 21, MST region 3 comprises three MSTIs, MSTI 1, MSTI 2, and MSTI 0.
VLAN-to-instance mapping table
As an attribute of an MST region, the VLAN-to-instance mapping table describes the mapping
relationships between VLANs and MSTIs.
In Figure 21, the VLAN-to-instance mapping table of MST region 3 is: VLAN 1 to MSTI 1, VLAN 2 and
VLAN 3 to MSTI 2, and other VLANs to MSTI 0. MSTP achieves load balancing by means of the
VLAN-to-instance mapping table.
CST
The common spanning tree (CST) is a single spanning tree that connects all MST regions in a switched
network. If you regard each MST region as a device, the CST is a spanning tree calculated by these
devices through STP or RSTP.
The blue lines in
MST region 3
Device B
Device D
VLAN 1 MSTI 1
VLAN 2&3 MSTI 2
Other VLANs MSTI 0
20, the switched network comprises four MST regions, MST region 1 through MST
Figure 20 represent the CST.
A
C
MSTI 1
A
C
MSTI 0
Topology of MSTIs in MST region 3
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B A
D C
MSTI 2
B
Regional root
D MSTI
B
D