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Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
6. Click OK to launch the Deploy STP dialog box.
Assigning an MSTP instance to a VLAN
For Brocade 8000 switches, you can configure 1-15 MSTP instances; for the Brocade converged 10
GbE switch module for the IBM BladeCenter, you can configure 1-31 MSTP instances.
1. Click the STP button on the VLAN Manager dialog box to display the STP/RSTP Configuration
2. Select a VLAN node under a FOS node in the Selected VLAN list, and click the left arrow button.
3. Select MSTP from the Spanning Tree list.
4. Select one instance from the Available MSTP Instances list and, using the right arrow button,
Adding an MSTP instance
1. Click the STP button on the VLAN Manager dialog box to display the STP/RSTP Configuration
2. Select a VLAN node under a FOS node in the Selected VLAN list, and click the left arrow button.
3. Select MSTP from the Spanning Tree list.
4. Select an MSTP instance from the drop down list under the Available MSTP Instances list, or
5. Click the Add button.
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Enter the interval after which the port will be enabled in the Re-enable Port Interval text
box. The value range is 10 through 1000000 and the default is 300.
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Click the Re-enable Port State check box to enable the time out mechanism for the port.
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Select the Path Cost behavior option (Standard or Custom).
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Select the transmit hold count for the bridge from the Tx Hold Count list. The value range is
1 through 10.
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Specify the number of hops in a region before the Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDU) are
discarded and the information held for a port is aged in the Max Hops text box. The hop
count determines when to trigger a reconfiguration. The value range is 1 through 40 and
the default is 20.
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Enter the Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) region into the Region text box.
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Enter the revision number for the configuration in the Revision text box. The value range is
0 through 255 and the default is 0.
dialog box.
The target is automatically set to FOS VLAN in the Target Context list
The VLAN - STP Configuration dialog box displays the Available MSTP Instances list.
assign it to a VLAN in the Selected VLAN list.
dialog box.
The target is automatically set to FOS VLAN in the Target Context list
The VLAN - STP Configuration dialog box displays the Available MSTP Instances list.
enter the MSTP instance number.
A new row is added to the Available MSTP Instances list. You can change the bridge priority,
which is set, by default, to 32768.
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