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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)
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Configuring the Rapid PVST+ Pathcost Method and Port Cost
Configuring the Rapid PVST+ Bridge Priority of a VLAN
Configuring the Rapid PVST+ Hello Time for a VLAN
Configuring the Rapid PVST+ Forward Delay Time for a VLAN
Configuring the Rapid PVST+ Maximum Age Time for a VLAN
Specifying the Link Type
Restarting the Protocol
Verifying Rapid PVST+ Configurations
Configuring Multiple Spanning Tree
Information About MST
MST Overview
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MST Regions 174
MST BPDUs
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MST Configuration Information
IST, CIST, and CST
IST, CIST, and CST Overview
Spanning Tree Operation Within an MST Region
Spanning Tree Operations Between MST Regions
MST Terminology
Hop Count
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Boundary Ports
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Spanning-Tree Dispute Mechanism
Port Cost and Port Priority
Interoperability with IEEE 802.1D
Interoperability with Rapid PVST+: Understanding PVST Simulation
Configuring MST
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MST Configuration Guidelines
Enabling MST
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Entering MST Configuration Mode
Specifying the MST Name
Specifying the MST Configuration Revision Number
Specifying the Configuration on an MST Region
Mapping and Unmapping VLANs to MST Instances
Mapping Secondary VLANs to Same MSTI as Primary VLANs for Private VLANs
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