[c-nsp] Spanning-Tree vs. EoMPLS links in SXI2?

[David Hughes]

On 11/03/2010, at 11:00 PM, Gert Doering wrote:

> (Well, actually you can, by plugging a loop between two ports, one port 
> being a switchport/trunk and the other port being the EoMPLS link.  But that
> won't gain me much compared to what I have now - if the IOS combination
> is broken with STP+EoMPLS, it will also be broken if that IOS is running
> on R1...)

Hate to admit it but I just ran this up on s720/SXI3 boxes.  Short lived EoMPLS requirement at a site.  The whole "external loopback" design is such a hack.  But, what can I say, it's ugly but it works, and it's passing MST BPDUs just fine.


David
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