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resulting in rapid transitioning of the port to the Forwarding state and the suppression of
Topology Change Notification. These features are represented by the parameters
pointtopoint and edgeport. MSTP is compatible to both RSTP and STP. It behaves in a way
that is appropriate for STP and RSTP bridges.
An MSTP bridge can be configured to behave entirely as a RSTP bridge or an STP bridge.
So, an IEEE 802.1s bridge inherently also supports IEEE 802.1w and IEEE 802.1D.
The MSTP algorithm and protocol provide simple and full connectivity for
frames assigned to
any given VLAN throughout a bridged LAN comprising arbitrarily interconnected networking
devices, each operating MSTP, STP, or RSTP. MSTP allows frames assigned to different
VLANs to follow separate paths, each based on an independent Multiple Spanning Tree
Instance (MSTI), within Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) regions composed of LANs and or
MSTP bridges. These regions and the other bridges and LANs are connected into a single
Common Spanning Tree (CST). (IEEE DRAFT P802.1s/D13)
MSTP connects all bridges and LANs with a single Common and Internal Spanning
T
ree
(CIST). The CIST supports the automatic determination of each MST region, choosing its
maximum possible extent. The connectivity calculated for the CIST provides the CST for
interconnecting these regions, and an Internal Spanning Tree (IST) within each region.
MSTP ensures that frames with a given VLAN ID are assigned to one and only one of the
MSTIs or the IST within the region, that the assignment is consistent among all the
networking devices in the region, and that the stable connectivity of each MSTI and IST at the
boundary of the region matches that of the CST. The stable active topology of the bridged
LAN with respect to frames consistently classified as belonging to any given VLAN thus
simply and fully connects all LANs and networking devices throughout the network, though
frames belonging to different VLANs can take different paths within any region, per IEEE
DRAFT P802.1s/D13.
All bridges, whether they use STP, RSTP, or MSTP, send information in configuration
messages through Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) to assign port roles that determine
each port’
s participation in a fully and simply connected activ
e topology based on one or
more spanning trees. The information communicated is known as the spanning tree priority
vector. The BPDU structure for each of these different protocols is different. An MSTP bridge
transmits the appropriate BPDU depending on the received type of BPDU from a particular
port.
An MST region comprises of one or more MSTP bridges with the same MST configuration
identifier
, using the same MSTIs, and without any bridges attac
hed that cannot receive and
transmit MSTP BPDUs. The MST configuration identifier includes the following components:
1. Configuration identifier
format selector
2. Configuration name
3. Configuration revision
level
4. Configuration digest:
16-byte signature of type HMAC-MD5 created from the MST
Configuration Table (a VLAN ID to MSTID mapping)
Because multiple instances of spanning tree exist, an MSTP state is maintained on a
per-port, per-instance basis (or on a per-port, per-VLAN basis, as any VLAN can be in one