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How would MSTP interact with switches that support only IEEE 802.1D STP or IEEE 802.1w RSTP?

April 26, 2017ieee interact MSTP RSTP STP support switches

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How would MSTP interact with switches that support only IEEE 802.1D STP or IEEE 802.1w RSTP?

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MSTP is backward-compatible with the RSTP-enabled and STP-enabled switches in your network. Use the following command to optimize this interoperability: ProCurveSwitch2610 (config)# spanning-tree force-version < stp-compatible | rstp-operation | mstp-operation> STP-Enabled Switch Compatibility The protocol operates as STP on all ports. RSTP-Enabled Switch Compatibility The protocol operates as Rapid STP on all ports except those ports where a system that is using 802.1d Spanning Tree has been detected. MSTP Operation The protocol operates as Multiple STP on all ports where compatibility to the old STP protocol versions is not required.