Enabling the mstp feature, Performing mcheck, 32 performing mcheck – H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches User Manual

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To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enable output of port state transition

information

stp port-log

{ all | instance

instance-id

}

Required

This function is enabled by default.

Enabling the MSTP Feature

You must enable MSTP for the device before any other MSTP-related configurations can take effect.

Make this configuration on the root bridge and on the leaf nodes separately.

Follow these steps to enable the MSTP feature:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enable the MSTP feature globally

stp enable

Required

MSTP is globally disabled by

default.

Enter Ethernet

interface view, or

Layer 2 aggregate

interface view

interface interface-type

interface-number

Enter interface

view or port

group view

Enter port group view

port-group manual

port-group-name

Required

Use either command.

Enable the MSTP feature for the ports

stp

enable

Optional

By default, MSTP is enabled for

all ports after it is enabled for

the device globally.

To control MSTP flexibly, you can use the undo stp enable command to disable the MSTP feature for
certain ports so that they will not take part in spanning tree calculation and thus to save the CPU
resources of the device.

Performing mCheck

MSTP has three working modes: STP compatible mode, RSTP mode, and MSTP mode.

If a port on a device running MSTP (or RSTP) connects to a device running STP, this port will
automatically migrate to the STP-compatible mode. However, it will not be able to migrate

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