Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 9)

AT-S62 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
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Configuring RSTP Port Settings............................................................................................................... 503
Displaying Port RSTP Status ................................................................................................................... 505
Chapter 23: Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol ........................................................................................... 507
MSTP Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 508
Multiple Spanning Tree Instance (MSTI).................................................................................................. 509
VLAN and MSTI Associations .................................................................................................................. 512
Ports in Multiple MSTIs ............................................................................................................................ 512
Multiple Spanning Tree Regions .............................................................................................................. 513
MSTP with STP and RSTP ...................................................................................................................... 517
Summary of Guidelines............................................................................................................................ 517
Selecting MSTP as the Active Spanning Tree Protocol ................................................................................. 522
Configuring MSTP Bridge Settings................................................................................................................. 523
Configuring the CIST Priority.......................................................................................................................... 526
Creating, Deleting, and Modifying MSTIs ....................................................................................................... 528
Creating an MSTI ..................................................................................................................................... 529
Deleting an MSTI .................................................................................................................................... 530
Modifying an MSTI ................................................................................................................................... 530
Associating VLANs to MSTI IDs ..................................................................................................................... 532
Adding VLAN Associations to an MSTI.................................................................................................... 533
Removing VLAN Associations from an MSTI........................................................................................... 534
Replacing VLAN Associations to an MSTI .............................................................................................. 534
Removing All VLAN Associations from an MSTI...................................................................................... 535
Configuring MSTP Port Settings..................................................................................................................... 536
Configuring Generic MSTP Port Settings................................................................................................. 536
Configuring MSTI-specific Port Parameters............................................................................................. 538
Displaying MSTP Port Settings and Status .................................................................................................... 541
Section V: Virtual LANs ......................................................................................... 543
Chapter 24: Port-based and Tagged Virtual LANs ................................................................................... 545
VLAN Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 546
Port-based VLAN Overview............................................................................................................................ 548
General Rules for Creating a Port-based VLAN ...................................................................................... 550
Drawbacks of Port-based VLANs............................................................................................................. 550
Port-based Example 1.............................................................................................................................. 551
Port-based Example 2.............................................................................................................................. 553
Tagged VLAN Overview ................................................................................................................................. 555
General Rules for Creating a Tagged VLAN............................................................................................ 556
Tagged VLAN Example............................................................................................................................ 557
Creating a Port-based or Tagged VLAN......................................................................................................... 559
Example of Creating a Port-based VLAN ....................................................................................................... 563
Example of Creating a Tagged VLAN ............................................................................................................ 564
Modifying a VLAN........................................................................................................................................... 565
Displaying VLANs........................................................................................................................................... 569
Deleting a VLAN ............................................................................................................................................. 571
Deleting All VLANs ......................................................................................................................................... 574
Displaying PVIDs............................................................................................................................................ 576
Enabling or Disabling Ingress Filtering ........................................................................................................... 577
Specifying a Management VLAN.................................................................................................................... 579
Chapter 25: GARP VLAN Registration Protocol ....................................................................................... 581
Basic Overview of GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) ..................................................................... 582
Guidelines ................................................................................................................................................ 584
GVRP and Network Security.................................................................................................................... 585
GVRP-inactive Intermediate Switches ..................................................................................................... 586