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Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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Chapter 19: Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

Section IV: Spanning Tree Protocols

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Here is an example. Let’s assume that you have two regions that contain
the following VLANS:

Region 1 VLANs

Region 2 VLANs

Sales

Hardware Engineering

Presales

Software Engineering

Marketing

Technical Support

Advertising

Product Management

Technical Support

CAD Development

Product Management

Accounting

Project Management
Accounting

The two regions share three VLANs: Technical Support, Product
Management, and Accounting. You could group those VLANs into the
same MSTI in each region. For instance, for Region 1 you might group
the three VLANs in MSTI 11 and in Region 2 you could group them into
MSTI 6. Once grouped, you can connect the VLANs across the regions
using a link of tagged ports.