NETGEAR GS110TP - ProSafe Gigabit Smart Switch Software Administration Manual page 259

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Connected to Switch 1 and 2
Perform the following procedures on each switch to configure MSTP:
Use the VLAN Configuration screen to create VLANs 300 and 500 (see
1.
on page 84).
Configuration
Use the VLAN Membership screen to include ports g1–g8 as tagged (T) or untagged (U)
2.
members of VLAN 300 and VLAN 500 (see
From the STP Configuration screen, enable the Spanning Tree State option (see
3.
Switch Configuration
Use the default values for the rest of the STP configuration settings. By default, the STP
Operation Mode is MSTP and the Configuration Name is the switch MAC address.
From the CST Configuration screen, set the Bridge Priority value for each of the three
4.
switches to force Switch 1 to be the root bridge:
Switch 1: 4096
•
Switch 2: 12288
•
Switch 3: 20480
•
Bridge priority values are multiples of 4096.
Note:
If you do not specify a root bridge and all switches have the same Bridge Priority value,
the switch with the lowest MAC address is elected as the root bridge (see
on page 97).
Configuration
From the CST Port Configuration screen, select ports g1–g8 and select Enable from the
5.
STP Status menu (see
Click Apply.
6.
Select ports g1–g5 (edge ports), and select Enable from the Fast Link menu.
7.
Ports g1-g5
Connected to Hosts
Ports g6-g8
Connected to Switch 2 and 3
Switch 1
Root Bridge
Ports g6-g8
Ports g1-g5
Connected to Hosts
on page 95).
CST Port Configuration
Ports g1-g5
Connected to Hosts
Ports g6-g8
Connected to
Switch 1 and 3
Switch 2
Switch 3
VLAN Membership Configuration
on page 98).
Appendix B: Configuration Examples
VLAN
on page 86).
STP
CST
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