Users Guide

Field Description
Sts Port state: root-inconsistent (INCON Root), forwarding (FWD), listening (LIS), blocking
(BLK), or shut down (EDS Shut).
Guard Type Type of STP guard configured (Root, Loop, or BPDU guard).
Example (Guard)
Dell# show spanning-tree msti 5 guard
Interface
Name Instance Sts Guard type
------------------------------------
Gi 1/1 5 INCON(Root) Rootguard
Gi 1/2 5 FWD Loopguard
Gi 1/3 5 EDS(Shut) Bpduguard
spanning-tree
Enable the multiple spanning tree protocol on the interface.
Syntax
spanning-tree
To disable the multiple spanning tree protocol on the interface, use the no spanning-tree command.
Parameters
spanning-tree Enter the keywords spanning-tree to enable the MSTP on the interface.
Defaults Enable.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
spanning-tree msti
Configure multiple spanning tree instance cost and priority for an interface.
Syntax
spanning-tree msti instance {cost cost | priority priority}
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) 861