Configuring Vlan-Vpn Tunnel; Introduction - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual

The rapid transition feature can be enabled on only root ports or alternate ports.
If you configure the rapid transition feature on a designated port, the feature does not take effect on
the port.

Configuring VLAN-VPN Tunnel

Introduction

The VLAN-VPN Tunnel function enables STP packets to be transparently transmitted between
geographically dispersed customer networks through specified VLAN VPNs in service provider
networks, through which spanning trees can be generated across these customer networks and are
independent of those of the service provider network.
As shown in Figure
customer networks. The service provider network comprises packet input/output devices, and the
customer network has networks A and B. On the service provider network, configure the arriving STP
packets at the input device to have MAC addresses in a special format, and reconvert them back to their
original formats at the output device. This is how transparent transmission is implemented over the
service provider network.
Figure 1-9 VLAN-VPN tunnel network hierarchy
Packet input/output
device
Network A
Configuring VLAN-VPN tunnel
Follow these steps to configure VLAN-VPN tunnel:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable MSTP globally
1-9, the upper part is the service provider network, and the lower part comprises the
Service provider network
Packet input/output
Network
Customer networks
Use the command...
system-view
stp enable
device
Network B
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