Thursday 28 August 2014

MST configuration on Cisco Nexus 7k switches

Step 1. Check the current STP mode.


N7k (config-if-range)# show spanning-tree vlan 30
VLAN0030
  Spanning tree enabled protocol rstp ---------<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  Root ID    Priority    32798
             Address     0005.73bc.067c
             This bridge is the root
             Hello Time  2  sec  Max Age 20 sec  Forward Delay 15 sec

  Bridge ID  Priority    32798  (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 30)
             Address     0005.73bc.067c
             Hello Time  2  sec  Max Age 20 sec  Forward Delay 15 sec

Interface        Role Sts Cost      Prio.Nbr Type
---------------- ---- --- --------- -------- -------------------------------
-
Eth1/1           Desg FWD 2         128.129  P2p
Eth1/2           Desg FWD 2         128.130  P2p


Step 2 .  Enable MST mode. By default RSTP-PVST+ is enabled.

 N7k (config)# spanning-tree mode mst


Step 3.  Enter in MST configuration mode

N7k (config)# spanning-tree mst configuration


Step 4.  Give the name to MST process. It should be same on all the switches otherwise switch will not recognize each other.
 N7k(config-mst)#  name MST1


Step 4. Give the revision number. Similar to the name, it must be same on all switches in L2 domain.


N7k (config-mst)#  revision 1


Step 5. Create instance as per your requirement and map the vlan to it. Make sure you don’t create unnecessary large number of instance.

N7k (config-mst)# instance 1 vlan 30,40


Step 6. This is an optional step to configure the MST root. We can elect different switch as root for different MST instance.


N7k (config)# spanning-tree mst 1 root primary

 N7k # show spanning-tree mst 1
##### MST2    vlans mapped:   50,60
Bridge        address 001b.54c2.67c2  priority      24578 (24576 sysid 2)
Root          this switch for MST1  ----------------<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Interface        Role Sts Cost      Prio.Nbr Type
---------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Eth1/1           Desg FWD 2000      128.129  P2p
Eth1/2           Desg FWD 2000      128.130  P2p

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