D-Link DWS-4026 [665/741] Configuring multiple spanning tree protocol

ConfiguringMultipleSpanningTreeProtocol

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page665

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

ConfiguringMultipleSpanningTreeProtocol

ThisexampleshowshowtoenableIEEE802.1sMultipleSpanningTree(MST)protocolontheswitchandallof

theportsandtosetthebridgepriority.

TomakemultipleswitchesbepartofthesameMSTPregion,makesuretheForceProtocolVersionsettingfor

allswitchesisIEEE802.1s.Also

,makesuretheconfigurationname,digestkey,andrevisionlevelarethesame

forallswitchesintheregion.

1. CreateVLANs10and20.

a. AccesstheLAN>L2Features>VLAN>VLANConfigurationpage.

b. SelecttheCreateoptionintheVLANfield.

c. SelecttheVLANID‐Individualoptionanden

ter10.

d. ClickSubmit.

e. RepeatthestepstoaddVLAN20.

2. EnableMSTPontheswitchandchangetheconfigurationname.

3. Changingtheconfigurationnameallowsallthebridgesthatwanttobepartofthesameregiontojoin.

a. GototheLAN>L2Features>SpanningTree>Sw

itchConfiguration/Statuspage.

b. FromtheSTPModemenu,selectEnable.

c. IntheConfigurationNamefield,enterdlink.

d. ClickSubmit.

4. CreatetwoMSTinstances.

a. GototheLAN>L2Features>SpanningTree>MSTConfiguration/Statuspage.

b. FromtheMSTfield,selectCreat e.

c. IntheMSTIDfield,enter10.

Note:ThedigestkeyisgeneratedbasedontheassociationofVLANstodifferentinstances.Toensure

thedigestkeyissame,themappingofVLANtoinstancemustbethesameoneachswitchinthe

region.Forexample,ifVLAN10isassociatedwithinstance10ononeswitch,yo

umustassociateVLAN

10andinstance10ontheotherswitches.