[e-nsp] STP
John Center
john.center at villanova.edu
Tue Apr 16 10:41:51 EDT 2013
Hi Luiz,
On 04/12/2013 01:37 PM, Luiz Júnior wrote:
> Hi John,
> Thank you.
> Well, after created and enabled a new STPD (new_stpd), in case that I
> need to add a new vlan I just have to use the command:
> create vlan "new_vlan"
> configure "new_vlan" tag 40
> configure "new_vlan" add ports 3:19 tag
When creating a new VLAN, I also assign the IP protocol to it:
create vlan "LS-I-32"
configure vlan LS-I-32 tag 32
configure vlan LS-I-32 protocol IP
This prevents other non-IP protocols from being transmitted by the
switch on that VLAN.
> configure "new_stpd" add "new_vlan" ports 3:19, 3:20 pvst-plus
> And if a vlan belongs to another stpd, first I should delete it form the
> "old_stpd" and then add to the "new_stpd"
> configure "old_stpd" delete "old_vlan" ports 1:6
> configure "new_stpd" add "old_vlan" ports 1:6
> Is that right?
>
Yes, a VLAN can only be a member of a single STP instance. You can have
multiple VLANs assigned to multiple STP instances on a port, but there
must be a one-to-one correspondence between a specific VLAN tag & an STP
tag. The VLAN & STP names can be different on each switch, but the tags
have to match. (Don't make the names different! That way lies
Madness... ;-))
As you can guess, we use a naming convention:
VLAN name: DistArea-Protocol-TAG
STP name: DistArea-Protocol-TAG-STP
We have standard abbreviations for each distribution area. Back when we
used to have NetWare & AppleTalk on our network, we needed a way to
differentiate the VLANs from IP only.
If you haven't deployed the new 8810 yet, you might want to set it up in
a test environment & try this out with a couple of spare switches.
HTH
-John
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> From: John Center <john.center at villanova.edu
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> Hi Luiz,
>
> On 04/07/2013 12:04 AM, Luiz J?nior wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > I am having a hard time configuring STP on Extreme Switches properly,
> > and I really appreciate some help.
> > I have already 26 switches in my Network, at my Core layer a
> BD8810, and
> > at the access layer I have some Summit 450, 460 and 200. The thing is
> > the switches are not configured properly, the VLANs are
> configured only
> > on BD8810, and at the access layer, all switches are in VLAN
> Default, it
> > works but I am trying to optimize the network and made things
> work properly.
> > Moreover, I am adding to my network a new Core Switch BD8810, but
> to get
> > started I am only connecting a few switches from the access layer
> to the
> > this new one, and connect it with the core - in other words, I am
> only
> > creating a redundant path to the Old BD8810.
>
> I think the first thing you need to do is set up the VLANs on the access
> switches properly. If a VLAN has been assigned to the access switches,
> but they are configured with the default VLAN, you are going to have to
> create the correct VLAN on the access switches, leaving the edge ports
> untagged & tagging the uplink.
>
> One way I've done this in the past is to create a temporary VLAN between
> the core & access switches, using local IP addresses, reachable via the
> core switch. Then, having 2 sessions to the core switch, telnet/ssh
> from the one of the core switch sessions to the access switch using the
> temporary IP address. I'd have your changes worked out ahead of time,
> cut & paste them into the access switch & also tag the uplink in the
> other session. I had to do a major science building on campus this way.
> Doing this at off hours will work the best, of course!
>
> > Anyway, I have tried to follow extreme networks guides and white
> papers,
> > however, I am still not getting things right. I couldn't
> understand how
> > STPD works, I've tried to create and add some vlans to it, but many
> > errors have appeared, as such: Error: Please configure a stpd
> dot1q tag
> > first, or you can't add this VLAN or port to SPTD and so on. And as a
> > matter of fact, once I have configured a new SPTD on my BD8810
> and on my
> > Summit 200, the problem is that each one has itself as the root
> bridge,
> > although the trunk port was working and the Summit has full
> connection
> > to the network. At this stage, I want to my Old BD8810 be the root
> > bridge for all VLANs.
>
> Once you have the VLANs spanning from the core to the edge, create the
> STP instance. I usually assign the STP instance a mode of dot1w, with a
> default encapsulation of pvst-plus. (We have a mixed environment & this
> is the common denominator.) You need to first add the VLAN to the STP
> with the ports:
>
> create stpd LS-I-32-STP
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP mode dot1w
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP default-encapsulation pvst-plus
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP add vlan LS-I-32 ports 1:6 pvst-plus
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP add vlan LS-I-32 ports 1:7 pvst-plus
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP add vlan LS-I-32 ports 1:8 pvst-plus
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP add vlan LS-I-32 ports 1:9 pvst-plus
>
> You can then modify the STP instance with things like link-type:
>
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP ports link-type point-to-point 1:6
>
> > So, how could I configure on a switch a new STPD (With a new one,
> I am
> > expecting not to made a mess on my network), with a new Carrier VLAN
> > (I think this is a sort of Native vlan, right?) and add new vlans to
> > it, and also old vlans that it belongs to a other STPD (e.g. s0),
> inside
> > a trunk port.
>
> Once you've assigned a VLAN + ports to the the STP instance, then you
> can configure the tag & enable the STP:
>
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP tag 32
> enable stpd LS-I-32-STP
>
> Assigning a priority of 0 on the core switch will make it the root:
>
> configure stpd LS-I-32-STP priority 0
>
> When you're finished with this on the core switch, you can add many of
> the same settings to the edge switches, making the link-type for the
> uplink point-to-point & the other untagged ports "edge".
>
> HTH
>
> -John
>
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> John Center
> Villanova University
>
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