Hi Andy,
How is your PVST+ configured? Usually your STP configuration is based
on your L2 topology. If you have a "normal" dual-uplinked access layer
then you are probably "load balancing" your vlans over your uplinks on
a per-vlan basis using root bridge priorities.
If that's the sort of setup you are looking for then In MST mode
there's really no reason to have more than 2 instances. Having more
instances than you have paths to your root bridges will just result in
multiple instances blocking on the same ports. If you have dual paths
and run 2 instancess then you can "load balance" your vlans by mapping
them into the 2 different instances. The granularity of your "load
balancing" will depend on your traffic patterns. Something like the
below can work well. Just swap the priorities on the second root
switch.
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spanning-tree mode mst
!
spanning-tree mst configuration
instance 1 vlan 1-49, 100-149, 200-249, 300-349, 400-449, 500-549,
600-649
instance 1 vlan 700-749, 800-849, 900-949, 1000-1049, 1100-1149,
1200-1249
instance 1 vlan 1300-1349, 1400-1449, 1500-1549, 1600-1649, 1700-1749
instance 1 vlan 1800-1849, 1900-1949
instance 2 vlan 50-99, 150-199, 250-299, 350-399, 450-499, 550-599,
650-699
instance 2 vlan 750-799, 850-899, 950-999, 1050-1099, 1150-1199,
1250-1299
instance 2 vlan 1350-1399, 1450-1499, 1550-1599, 1650-1699, 1750-1799
instance 2 vlan 1850-1899, 1950-1999
!
spanning-tree mst 0-1 priority 8192
spanning-tree mst 2 priority 16384
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David
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On 24/04/2009, at 12:58 PM, Andy Saykao wrote:
Hi All,
Our switch network needs to be migrated from PVST+ to MST in order for
our Cisco switches to be able to speak RSTP to some non-cisco
switches.
Given that we have a few hundred vlans configured, is there some best
practice to determine how many instances we need or can we basically
do
whatever we want?
For example:
Option 1/ If we have 500 vlans, do we split them into two instances
(instance 1 vlan 1-250 and instance 2 vlan 251-500).
Options2/ Or would you split the vlans up based on their business
requirements.
Eg: vlan 1,10,100 Marketing-related vlans, vlan 2,20,200 Sales-related
vlans - therefore create instance 1 vlan 1,10,100 and instance 2 vlan
2,20,200???
Secondly, what if you went with option 2, and added a new vlan into
Marketing (eg: vlan 1000). Would you have to manually update the
spanning-tree mst config on all MST switches to include the new vlan
in
the instance???
Thanks.
Andy
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