Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 68
Overview............................................................................................................................................ 68
Bridge Protocol Data Units .................................................................................................................... 68
Bridge priority ........................................................................................................................... 69
Port priority ............................................................................................................................... 69
Port path cost ............................................................................................................................ 69
Creating a VLAN ............................................................................................................................ 70
Rules for VLAN tagged ports............................................................................................................. 70
Multiple Spanning Trees ....................................................................................................................... 71
Port Fast Forwarding ............................................................................................................................ 76
Fast Uplink Convergence ...................................................................................................................... 76
Configuration guidelines .................................................................................................................. 76
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 77
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................ 77
Port state changes ........................................................................................................................... 77
Port type and link type ..................................................................................................................... 78
Edge port.................................................................................................................................. 78
Link type ................................................................................................................................... 78
RSTP configuration example ............................................................................................................. 78
MSTP region................................................................................................................................... 80
MSTP configuration example ............................................................................................................ 81
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 86
Overview............................................................................................................................................ 86
Using ACL filters .................................................................................................................................. 87
Summary of ACL actions .................................................................................................................. 89
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