Layer 2 Loops Occur in Hot-Standby S9700 Networking

Two S9700s are deployed at the core layer in a new building of the customer. Two S5700s are deployed in the server area and connected to S9700-1 and S9700-2 through two links. The networking is as follows.



After devices are commissioned based on the network plan, terminals cannot access services on servers.

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1. Replan the network, as shown in the following figure.


2. Enable MSTP, and configure instance 10 for VLAN 10 and instance 11 for VLAN 20. The default instance is 0.s
3. Configure the links between S9700-1 and S5700-1 and between S9700-2 and S5700-2 to block packets of VLAN 20. Configure the links between S9700-2 and S5700-1 and between S9700-1 and S5700-2 to block packets of VLAN 10.
4. Configure MSTP multi-instance to implement HSB and load balancing of core switches.
(1) Configure S9700-1.
stp instance 0 root primary
stp instance 10 root primary
stp instance 11 root secondary
stp pathcost-standard legacy
stp bpdu-protection
stp tc-protection ea
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stp region-configuration
region-name SZPOST
instance 10 vlan 10
instance 11 vlan 20                    
active region-configuration

(2) Configure S9700-2.
stp instance 0 root secondary
stp instance 10 root secondary
stp instance 11 root primary
stp pathcost-standard legacy
stp bpdu-protection enable
stp tc-protection
#
stp region-configuration
region-name SZPOST
instance 10 vlan 10
instance 11 vlan 20                    
active region-configuration

(3) Configure S5700-1.
Stp enable
stp instance 0 priority 8192
stp instance 10 priority 8192
stp instance 11 priority 8192
stp bpdu-protection
stp pathcost-standard legacy
stp tc-protection
#
stp region-configuration               
region-name SZPOST
instance 10 vlan 10
instance 11 vlan 20
active region-configuration
#
interface G3/0/0          
stp instance 11 cost 20000
#
interface G3/0/1        
stp instance 0 cost 20000
stp instance 10 cost 20000
#

(4) Configure S5700-2.
Stp enable
stp instance 0 priority 8192
stp instance 10 priority 8192
stp instance 11 priority 8192
stp bpdu-protection
stp pathcost-standard legacy
stp tc-protection
#
stp region-configuration
region-name SZPOST
instance 10 vlan 10                    
instance 11 vlan 20
active region-configuration
#
interface G3/0/0               
stp instance 11 cost 20000
#
interface G3/0/1              
stp instance 0 cost 20000
stp instance 10 cost 20000

1. Interfaces connecting S9700-1 and S9700-2 to the S5700s block packets.
2. MSTP is enabled on the S9700s to prevent loops by default.
3. Two S9700s and two S5700s form two Layer 2 loops in VLANs 10 and 20.

During switching network planning, you can use MSTP together with the multi-instance function to implement load balancing and prevent Layer 2 loops.