ImplementingMSTonaLargeCampus.pptVIP

Implementing MSTin a Large Campus EnvironmentFebruary 13, 2007Rich Ingramrni@ Overview Introduction Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Our Implementation Introduction U of M Twin Cities Campus Network 23 Cisco 6509s 4,323 Cisco 3750s 1,133 Switch Stacks 74,414 Switchports Redundant 10-Gigabit Backbone Topology: 18 layer-2 switched domains interconnected by a layer-3 MPLS-VPN backbone Spanning Tree Finds and blocks loops Don’t turn it off !!! Cisco’s default is PVST+ If you don’t need MSTP, run Rapid-PVST+ Alphabet Soup – The Standards 802.1D – defines Bridges, including STP 802.1Q – defines