Configuring The Port Link Type; Configuration Restrictions And Guidelines; Configuration Procedure; Configuring The Mode A Port Uses To Recognize Or Send Mstp Packets - HP 6125G Configuration Manual

Configuring the port link type

A point-to-point link directly connects two devices. If two root ports or designated ports are connected
over a point-to-point link, they can rapidly transition to the forwarding state after a proposal-agreement
handshake process.

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

You can configure the link type as point-to-point for a Layer 2 aggregate interface or a port that
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operates in full duplex mode. HP recommends you to use the default setting and let the device to
automatically detect the port link type.
• The stp point-to-point force-false or stp point-to-point force-true command configured on a port in
MSTP mode is effective for all MSTIs.
If the physical link to which the port connects is not a point-to-point link but you set it to be one, the
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configuration might bring a temporary loop.

Configuration procedure

To configure the link type of a port:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface view or Layer 2
aggregate interface
view.
3. Configure the port link
type.
Configuring the mode a port uses to recognize or
send MSTP packets
A port can receive/send MSTP packets in the following formats:
• dot1s—802.1s-compliant standard format
legacy—Compatible format
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By default, the packet format recognition mode of a port is auto. The port automatically distinguishes the
two MSTP packet formats, and determines the format of packets that it will send based on the recognized
format.
You can configure the MSTP packet format on a port. When operating in MSTP mode after the
configuration, the port sends and receives only MSTP packets of the format that you have configured to
communicate with devices that send packets of the same format.
Command
system-view
interface interface-type interface-number
stp point-to-point { auto | force-false |
force-true }
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Remarks
N/A
N/A
By default, the link type is
auto where the port
automatically detects the
link type.