Creating, deleting, and modifying msti ids, Creating an msti id – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide

Section V: Spanning Tree Protocols

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Creating, Deleting, and Modifying MSTI IDs

The following sections contain procedures for working with MSTI IDs:

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”Creating an MSTI ID” next

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“Deleting an MSTI ID” on page 568

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“Modifying an MSTI ID” on page 568

Creating an

MSTI ID

To create an MSTI ID, perform the following procedure:

1. From the Main Menu, type 3 to select Spanning Tree Configuration.

The Spanning Tree Configuration menu is shown in Figure 170 on
page 527.

2. From the Spanning Tree Configuration menu, type 3 to select

Configure Active Protocol.

The MSTP menu is shown in Figure 187 on page 560.

3. From the MSTP menu, type M to select MSTI menu.

The MSTI menu is shown in Figure 189 on page 565.

4. Type 1 to select Create MSTI.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter the MSTI ID to be created: [1 to 15] ->

5. Enter the new MSTP ID. The MSTI ID range is from 1 to 15. You can

specify only one MSTI ID at a time.

The following prompt is displayed:

Success...Do you want to associate VLANs with this MSTI
ID: [Yes/No] ->

6. If you want to associate VLANs to the MSTI now, type Y for yes. If you

want to do it later, type N for no. (To add or remove VLANs from an
existing MSTI, go to “Adding, Removing, and Modifying VLAN
Associations to MSTI IDs” on page 570.)

If you respond with yes, this prompt appears:

Enter the list of VLANs:

7. Enter the VIDs of the VLANs that you want to associate with the MSTI

ID. You can specify more than one VLAN at a time (for example,
4,6,11) To view VIDs, refer to “Displaying VLANs” on page 613.

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