Spanning-tree Protocol

STP
progress

STP Timer

Port State

Port Role

PVST+

Root Bridge
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Root Port
RPC (Root Path Cost)
Designated Port
RPC of Root Port
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Alternated Port

32768
4096

0000.0000.1111
Sw1
root

Sw2

Pri
32768

MAC
0000.0000.2222

Sw3

32768

Sw(config)# spanning-tree priority 32768

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

0000.0000.3333

Root Bridge
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Root Port
RPC (Root Path Cost)
Designated Port
RPC of Root Port
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Alternated Port
Cost 19
Sw2

root

100M
C
RP

1G

19

284
RRPPCC

Cost
20 4

1G

Sw3

Sw(config-if)# spanning-tree cost 20

Sw# show spanning-tree
Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr
-------- ----- --- --- -------Fa0/1
Desg FWD 19
128.1
Gi0/1
Desg FWD 4
128.2

Type
---P2p
P2p

Root Bridge
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Root Port
RPC (Root Path Cost)
bridge-id
Designated Port
RPC of Root Port
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Alternated Port
19

root

19

Sw2

Sw3

br
id
ge
-i
d

br
id
ge
-i
d
C
RP

C
RP

38

38

19

19

Root Bridge
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Root Port
RPC (Root Path Cost)
bridge-id
port-id
Designated Port
RPC of Root Port
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
19
Alternated Port

root

Sw2

128.1
port-id
bridge-id

RPC 38

Sw3

128.2
port-id
bridge-id

RPC 38

Sw2#show
Sw#
showspanning-tree
spanning-treeinterface
interfacef0/1
f0/1
Port 1 (FastEthernet0/1) of VLAN1 is forwarding
Port path cost 19, Port priority 100,
128, Port Identifier 100.1
128.1
int f0/1
spanning-tree port-priority 100

Root Bridge
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Root Port
RPC (Root Path Cost)
Designated Port
RPC of Root Port
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Alternated Port
R.Port
Sw2

32768

rt
o
P
D.

root

rt
o
P
D.

Port Role
RPC of RP

RPC of RP
Sw3
D.Port
Alt.Port

D.Port
Alt.Port

0000.0000.2222

32768
28672

0000.0000.3333

Root Bridge
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Root Port
RPC (Root Path Cost)
Designated Port
RPC of Root Port
bridge-id (priority + MAC)
Alternated Port
Sw2

BPDU
root

Sw3
BPDU

STP Timer
Hello Timer 2s
BPDU
root

Forward-delay Timer 15s

BPDU

BPDU

Max-age Timer 20s

BPDU
root

BPDU

Port State

Disable
Blocking
Listening
Learning
Forwarding

20s

15s

Max-age
Forward delay

15s Forward delay

MAC Table
f0/1

f0/1

f0/1

H Y State
Port

Packet
Packet

Tx BPDU
Rx BPDU

Disable
Blocking

Rx BPDU

Listening

Rx BPDU

Tx BPDU

Learning

Rx BPDU

Tx BPDU

LRN MAC

Forwarding

Rx BPDU

Tx BPDU

LRN MAC

FWD frame

PortFast

Sw(config-if)# spanning-tree portfast trunk

Disable
Blocking
0s
Listening 15s
Learning 15s
Forwarding
Sw(config-if)# spanning-tree portfast

Disable
Blocking
0s
Listening 15s
Learning 15s
Forwarding