Hey all, long time listener, first time calller.
I recently took on a job as network admin at a brocade only shop, while I come from cisco-land. I'm figuring out the different method of vlanning, but the way MSTP is still confusing. I understand how it's setup, it's started, scope defined, with the region name, revision, etc. What I find confusing is that each vlan has 'no span' in the config. I've asked several times, and all I get here is "that's how we set it up".
From the documentation I can find on ruckus/commscope/whatever sites, it appears that command disables 802.1w for the vlan. One guide says it disables spanning-tree entirely). MSTP is running on the switches for sure. I've checked a couple, and while they've sent millions of bpdus, they've not ever received any.
Anyone have insight into MSTP on these brocades? Is 'no spanning-tree' disabling part of MSTP I'm missing, or just an odd redundancy?
I'm gonna see if I can set up a handful of switches on my desk the next few days and see for myself, but if there's an expert or two here, I'd love to hear from ya. Thanks!
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