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Spanning Tree Configuration Summary
8-2 Spanning Tree Configuration
blockingforalltrafficflowingbetweenthetwoswitches.Theblockinglinksareeffectivelyused
onlyiftheforwardinglinkgoesdown.MSTPassignseachVLANpresentonthenetworktoa
particularSpanningTreeinstance,allowingeachswitchporttobeinadistinctstateforeachsuch
instance:blocking
foroneSpanningTreewhileforwardingforanother.Thus,trafficassociated
withonesetofVLANscantraverseaparticularinterswi tchlink,whiletrafficassociatedwith
anothersetofVLANscanbeblockedonthatlink.IfVLANsareassignedtoSpanningTrees
wisely,nointerswitchlinkwill
becompletelyidle,maximizingnetworkutilization.
FordetailsoncreatingSpanningTreeinstances,refertosetspantreemstionpage 812.
FordetailsonmappingSpanningTreeinstancestoVLANs,refertosetspantreemstmapon
page 814.
Spanning Tree Features
TheDSeriesdevicemeetstherequirementsoftheSpanningTreeProtocolsbyperformingthe
followingfunctions:
CreatingasingleSpanningTreefromanyarrangementofswitchingorbridgingelements.
Compensatingautomaticallyforthefailure,removal,oradditionofanydeviceinanactive
datapath.
•Achievingportchangesinshorttime
intervals,whichestablishesastableactivetopology
quicklywithminimalnetworkdisturbance.
•Usingaminimumamountofcommunicationsbandwidthtoaccomplishtheoperation ofthe
SpanningTreeProtocol.
Reconfiguringtheactivetopologyinamannerthatistransparenttostationstransmittingand
receivingdatapackets.
Managingthetopologyinaconsistentand
reproduciblemannerthroughtheuseofSpanning
TreeProtocolparameters.
Loop Protect
TheLoopProtectfeaturepreventsorshortcircuitsloopformationinanetworkwithredundant
pathsbyrequiringportstoreceivetype2BPDUs(RSTP/M STP)onpointtopointinterswitch
links(ISLs)beforetheirstatesareallowedtobecomeforwa rdi ng.Further,ifaBPDUtimeout
occursonaport,its
statebecomeslisteninguntilaBPDUisreceived.
Bothupstreamanddownstreamfacingportsareprotected.Whenarootoralt ernat eportlosesits
pathtotherootbridgeduetoamessageageexpirationittakesontheroleofdesignatedport.It
willnotforward trafficuntila
BPDUisreceived.Whenaportisintendedtobethedesignatedport
inanISLitconstantlyproposesandwillnotforwarduntilaBPDUisreceived,andwillreve rtto
listeningifitfailstogetaresponse.Thisprotectsagainstmisconfigurationandprotocolfailureby
theconnectedbridge.
TheDisputedBPDUmechanismprotectsagainstloopinginsituationswherethereisoneway
communication.AdisputedBPDUisoneinwhichtheflagsfieldindicatesadesignatedroleand
Note: MSTP and RSTP are fully compatible and interoperable with each other and with legacy
STP 802.1D.
Note: The term “bridge” is used as an equivalent to the term “switch” or “device” in this document.
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