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Example of CIST and MST Region

In the above network, if the bridges are running the STP or the RSTP, one port between Bridge

M and Bridge B should be blocked. But if the bridges in the yellow range run the MSTP and

are configured in the same MST region, MSTP will treat this region as a bridge. Therefore, one

port between Bridge B and Root is blocked and one port on Bridge D is blocked.

11.1.1.1 Operations within an MSTP Region

The IST connects all the MSTP bridges in a region. When the IST converges, the root of the

IST becomes the IST master, which is the switch within the region with the lowest bridge ID

and path cost to the CST root. The IST master is also the CST root if there is only one region

within the network. If the CST root is outside the region, one of the MSTP bridges at the

boundary of the region is selected as the IST master.

When an MSTP bridge initializes, it sends BPDUs claiming itself as the root of the CST and the

IST master, with both of the path costs to the CST root and to the IST master set to zero. The

bridge also initializes all of its MST instances and claims to be the root for all of them. If the

bridge receives superior MST root information (lower bridge ID, lower path cost, and so forth)

than currently stored for the port, it relinquishes its claim as the IST master.

Within a MST region, the IST is the only spanning-tree instance that sends and receives

BPDUs. Because the MST BPDU carries information for all instances, the number of BPDUs

that need to be processed by a switch to support multiple spanning-tree instances is

significantly reduced.

All MST instances within the same region share the same protocol timers, but each MST

instance has its own topology parameters, such as root switch ID, root path cost, and so forth.

11.1.1.2 Operations between MST Regions

If there are multiple regions or legacy 802.1D bridges within the network, MSTP establishes

and maintains the CST, which includes all MST regions and all legacy STP bridges in the

network. The MST instances combine with the IST at the boundary of the region to become the

CST.

The MSTI is only valid within its MST region. An MSTI has nothing to do with MSTIs in other

MST regions. The bridges in a MST region receive the MST BPDU of other regions through

MST

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