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Insight Managed 8-Port Gigabit (Hi-Power) PoE+ Smart Cloud Switch with NETGEAR FlexPoE Power
Configuration Examples User Manual459
Figure 2. MSTP sample configuration
Perform the following procedures on each switch to configure MSTP:
1. On the VLAN Configuration page for each switch, create VLANs 300 and 500 (see
Add
a VLAN on page 122).
2. On the VLAN Membership page for each switch,
include ports 1/0/1–1/0/8 as tagged (T) or
untagged (U) members of VLAN 300 and VLAN 500 (see
Configure VLAN membership
on page 125).
3. On the Global Settings page (for STP) for each switch,
enable the Spanning Tree State
option (see
Configure the STP settings on page 148).
Use the default values for the rest of the STP configuration settings. By default, the STP
operation mode is MSTP and the configuration name is the switch MAC address.
4. On the CST Configuration page for each switch (see
Configure the CST settings on
page 149), set the bridge priority value for each of the three switches to force Switch 1 to
be the root bridge:
• Switch 1. 4096
• Switch 2. 12288
• Switch 3. 20480
Note: Bridge priority values are multiples of 4096.
If you do not specify a root bridge and all switches are assigned the same bridge priority
value, the switch with the lowest MAC address is elected as the root bridge.
5. On the Port Configuration page (fro CST) for each switch, select ports 1/0/1–1/0/8 and
select Enable from the STP Status menu (see
Configure the CST port Settings on
page 151).