HP 6600 Configuration Manual page 5

Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 63
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 63
Configuring path costs of ports ···································································································································· 63
Specifying a standard for the device to use when it calculates the default path cost ··································· 63
Configuring path costs of ports ···························································································································· 65
Configuration example ········································································································································· 65
Configuring the port priority ········································································································································· 65
Configuring the port link type ······································································································································· 66
Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 66
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 66
Configuring the mode a port uses to recognize and send MSTP packets ······························································· 67
Enabling outputting port state transition information ·································································································· 67
Enabling the spanning tree feature ······························································································································ 68
Performing mCheck ························································································································································ 68
Performing mCheck globally ································································································································ 69
Performing mCheck in interface view ················································································································· 69
Configuring digest snooping ········································································································································ 69
Configuration prerequisites ·································································································································· 69
Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 70
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 70
Digest snooping configuration example ············································································································· 70
Configuring No Agreement Check ······························································································································ 71
Configuration prerequisites ·································································································································· 72
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 72
No Agreement Check configuration example···································································································· 73
Configuring protection functions ·································································································································· 73
Enabling BPDU guard ··········································································································································· 74
Enabling root guard ·············································································································································· 74
Enabling loop guard ············································································································································· 75
Enabling TC-BPDU guard······································································································································ 75
Displaying and maintaining the spanning tree ··········································································································· 76
MSTP configuration example ········································································································································ 77
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 77
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 77
Configuring BPDU tunneling ······································································································································ 81
Overview ········································································································································································· 81
Background ···························································································································································· 81
BPDU tunneling implementation ··························································································································· 82
Configuration prerequisites ··········································································································································· 83
Enabling BPDU tunneling ·············································································································································· 84
Configuration guidelines ······································································································································ 84
Enabling BPDU tunneling for a protocol in Layer 2 Ethernet interface view or port group view·················· 84
Enabling BPDU tunneling for a protocol in Layer 2 aggregate interface view ··············································· 84
Configuring destination multicast MAC address for BPDUs ······················································································ 85
BPDU tunneling for STP configuration example ·········································································································· 85
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 85
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 86
BPDU tunneling for PVST configuration example ········································································································ 86
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 86
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 87
Configuring VLANs ···················································································································································· 88
Overview ········································································································································································· 88
VLAN frame encapsulation ·································································································································· 89
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