Scenario:
For this lab you need REAL hardware. You can’t use switches in GNS3!
You need at least Catalyst 2950 switches for this lab.
You are a master of spanning tree and specialized in migration scenarios. Corkscrew inc. is one of your customers and they are having issues with their switches. There are many VLANs in the network and you would like to reduce the number of spanning tree calculations. As a result you decide to implement MST (Multiple Spanning Tree) for them.
Goal:
- Configure all switches to use MST.
- Configure VLAN 10,20,30,40,50 and 60 on all switches.
- Configure VLAN 10,20 and 30 to use instance 1 for the spanning tree calculation.
- Configure VLAN 40,50 and 60 to use instance 2 for the spanning tree calculation.
- Configure SW1 to be the root bridge for the CIST.
- Configure SW2 to be the root bridge for instance 2.
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Hi Rene
I have done this lab and comes out that MST does not help the
networker much,possibly the SW.The vlan needs to be configured twice and VTP can not be used,although I heard that possibly VTP 3 wil do that for MST.Otherwise the configuration is very similar to Rapid ST.I have added more features PVLANs,VLAN ACL,SPAN,Layer 3 Switching but everything was functioning with no problem.It is easy to forget to double config the vlans.
I think this idea of combining features could be good.
For example SW security and including port-secu,DHCP-snoo,Arp inspec,PVLANS,VLAN ACL in a single lab all running on MST or other kind of STP.
Just an idea applicable to many others technologies
Regards
Hi Gio,
That’s interesting. I didn’t know that MST and VTP had issues. It’s definitely a good idea to create more advanced switch labs that will combine some protocols, I should create some more for sure!
Rene
Hello firends.
in addition to the topic, I would mention that I discovered the reviosion number of MSTP does not inrement itself as in VTP and I found as well that it has to be incremented on each switch in the region manually, one by one, even f there are lets say 100 switches.
Can you, friends, answer or describe what does it meaning and my MSTP cannot increment as VTP, what is the problem or maybe specification of that? Let us agree taht it is not convenient every time open all switches and inrement reviosion even if there is only a sipmle thing is added or removed.
Thanx in advance.
VTPv3 addresses this problem.
VTP ver 3
Wondering if the attachment file or .zip file for MST is part of the CCNA pdf package or is it apart of the other pdf for CCNP switching. I looked to see if the file was present, but it was not.
hai, how to configure mst in gns3 ….i tried several times but the command is not supporting ..please help?
You can’t configure MST in GNS3, you’ll need real switches for it or you can try IOU.
hello , it is possible with GNS3.alpha. i tried and it works
How to use iou?
IOU-WEB is very useful for Switch LABS, You can configure a lot of LABS about Switch and Routing, BUT you can not configure EtherChannel for Layer 3 that you can’t set IP for a Port-Channel Lay 3 on Switch.
same lab is working fine with GNS3 1.2 IOU.