On 9/20/11 14:37 CDT, Jay Hanke wrote:
>> CNS has received a request from one of its customers for a direct connection
>> to MICE.
>
> This has come up before. I've been recommending that the carriers sell
> it as Ethernet transport and then pop into a "fresh" MICE access port
> so each carrier ends up with their own port.
>
> I don't see any problem placing a remote switch outside the Twin
> Cities. I would disable spanning tree. If we haven't already, we
> should disable spanning tree in the core switches or place a guard so
> the port goes down if a BPDU comes in.

NO!!!!! DON'T Disable Spanning Tree. But we do need to think about Root
Bridge and Root Guard issues. But Spanning tree is important in loop
prevention, accidents do occur and spanning tree and prevent one of
these accidents from turning into a broadcast storm.

The best Idea is to design a loop free topology have spanning tree
running to ensure the no loops occur by accident, which they more than
likely will.

> Jay
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