[c-nsp] Spanning Tree Max VLAN's 35xx

[Michael K. Smith]

On 8/29/06 2:52 PM, "sthaug at nethelp.no" <sthaug at nethelp.no> wrote:

>> Thanks for the input.  As I see it, the "easier" way is to disable spanning
>> tree on those VLAN's not terminating on the switch, but would it be possible
>> to run MSTP when the root switches are running PVST?  I have a bunch of Cat
>> 5k's in the network that only support PVST as far as I know, so I don't
>> think I can run MSTP in the core.
> 
> If you have to keep those Cat5k's as root switches, I believe you won't
> be able to run MSTP.
> 
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no

The root switches are 4k's.  If I set them as MSTP, how do they interface
with the 5k's with PVST and the 3500 with MSTP?  Do they automatically fall
back PVST when addressing the 5k's?

Mike