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cisco-interoperability

Configures the switch to interoperate with some legacy Cisco switches.

Synopsis

cisco-interoperability [disable| enable]

Operands

disable

Disables Cisco interoperability for the Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
switch.

enable

Enables Cisco interoperability for the MSTP switch.

Defaults

Cisco interoperability is disabled.

Command

Modes

Protocol Spanning Tree MSTP mode

Description

Use this command to enable or disable the switch to interoperate with some legacy Cisco switches.
For some switches, the MSTP field Version 3 Length does not adhere to the current standards.

Usage

Guidelines

If Cisco interoperability is required on any switch in the network, then all switches in the network
must be compatible, and therefore enabled using this command for interoperability with a Cisco
switch.

Examples

To enable Cisco interoperability on a switch:

switch#configure terminal

switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree mstp

switch(conf-mstp)#cisco-interoperability enable

To disable Cisco interoperability on a switch:

switch#configure terminal

switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree mstp

switch(conf-mstp)#cisco-interoperability disable