Hello Experts,
I have configured two EX4300 switch with two VLANs. I noticed that a port is getting blocked by RSTP even though there is no loop in the network. There was only one connection between the switches. SW1<VLAN 999> (blocked)-------- <VLAN 999> SW2. The switches have connection on default VLANs as well.
I found RSTP just run one instance of STP and its not per VLAN. So I enabled the VSTP on VLAN 999 ports and it solved my problem.
But I don't see those ports in STP commands, can anyone tell me what is the proprer way to check it?
user@EX4300> show spanning-tree bridge ----> I still see only one instance STP bridge parameters Routing instance name : GLOBAL Context ID : 0 Enabled protocol : RSTP Root ID : 20481.b4:14:89:60:bd:c0 Root cost : 20003 Root port : ge-0/0/23 Hello time : 2 seconds Maximum age : 20 seconds Forward delay : 15 seconds Message age : 2 Number of topology changes : 38 Time since last topology change : 78097 seconds Local parameters Bridge ID : 32768.d0:07:ca:52:de:00 Extended system ID : 0 {master:0} user@EX4300> show spanning-tree interface Spanning tree interface parameters for instance 0 Interface Port ID Designated Designated Port State Role port ID bridge ID Cost ge-0/0/0 128:490 128:490 32768.d007ca52de00 20000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/1 128:491 128:491 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/2 128:492 128:492 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/3 128:493 128:493 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/4 128:494 128:494 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/5 128:495 128:495 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/6 128:496 128:496 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/7 128:497 128:497 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/8 128:498 128:498 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/9 128:499 128:499 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/11 128:501 128:501 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/12 128:502 128:502 32768.d007ca52de00 20000 FWD DESG ge-0/0/13 128:503 128:503 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/14 128:504 128:504 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/15 128:505 128:505 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/16 128:506 128:506 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/18 128:508 128:508 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/19 128:509 128:509 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/20 128:510 128:510 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/21 128:511 128:511 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/22 128:512 128:512 32768.d007ca52de00 200000000 BLK DIS ge-0/0/23 128:513 128:129 32769.0015f9607500 20000 FWD ROOT {master:0} user@EX4300> show configuration protocols rstp interface ge-0/0/0; interface ge-0/0/1; interface ge-0/0/2; interface ge-0/0/3; interface ge-0/0/4; interface ge-0/0/5; interface ge-0/0/6; interface ge-0/0/7; interface ge-0/0/8; interface ge-0/0/9; interface ge-0/0/11; interface ge-0/0/12; interface ge-0/0/13; interface ge-0/0/14; interface ge-0/0/15; interface ge-0/0/16; interface ge-0/0/17; interface ge-0/0/18; interface ge-0/0/19; interface ge-0/0/20; interface ge-0/0/21; interface ge-0/0/22; interface ge-0/0/23; interface ge-0/2/0; interface xe-0/2/0; interface ge-0/2/1; interface xe-0/2/1; interface ge-0/2/2; interface xe-0/2/2; interface ge-0/2/3; interface xe-0/2/3; {master:0} user@EX4300> show configuration protocols vstp interface ge-0/0/10; {master:0} user@EX4300>