[c-nsp] MST Experiences: was Re: Dell switches (specifically PowerConnect 7048P) and Ciscos

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:11:18PM +0100, Nicolas KARP wrote:
> MST is a really good ***not*** proprietary protocol.. You just need to
> understand how it works and how you can interconnect your regions all
> together (not very straightforward I agree)
> 
> If you just have independent Layer 2 area's, you can create something like
> that (on all your layer 2 domain)
> 
> region area1 / area2 / area3 / ...
> instance 0 : no vlan (just used to avoid loop between regions)
> instance 1 : vlan 1 to 2050
> instance 2 : vlan 2051 to 4095

Yeah, we have read the textbook, too.

Get this deployed in a real world network, where requirements change every
few days or weeks, and then come back, telling us that "MST is really good" :-)

gert
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