Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 529)

AT-S62 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section IV: Spanning Tree Protocols 529
Regional Root ID
Identifies the regional root for the MSTI by its MAC address.
Path Cost
Specifies the path cost from the bridge to the regional root. If the bridge
is the regional root, the value is 0.
Associated VLANs
Specifies the VIDs of the VLANs that have been associated with the
MSTI ID.
The table does not include the CIST. The table is empty if no MSTI IDs
have been created.
Creating an
MSTI
To create an MSTI, do the following:
1. From the MSTI Menu, type 1 to select Create MSTI.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter the MSTI ID to be created: [1 to 15] ->
2. Enter an ID number for the new MSTI. The range is 1 to 15. You can
create only one MSTI at a time.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter new priority [the value will be multiplied by 4096]
[0 to 15] -> 8
3. Enter a MSTI priority number for the new MSTI. This parameter is used
in selecting a regional root. The range is 0 (zero) to 61,440 in
increments of 4,096, with 0 being the highest priority. For a list of the
increments, refer to Table 11, “Bridge Priority Value Increments” on
page 485.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter the list of VLANs to associate with this MSTI:
4. Enter the VIDs of the VLANs you want to associate with this MSTI. You
can specify more than one VLAN at a time (for example, 4,6,11) To
view VIDs, refer to “Displaying VLANs” on page 569. If you do not want
to associate any VLANs with the MSTI at this time, just press Return.
The MSTI is created by the switch and is activated immediately.
5. After making changes, type R until you return to the Main Menu. Then
type S to select Save Configuration Changes.