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STP

STP

RSTPMSTP

STP

RSTP

MSTP

PCA

1
A

1 1 1

SWA SWB SWC

3 2 3 2 3 2

PCB

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B
ROOT

A C
D

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STP

RSTP

MSTP

STPSpanning Tree Protocol

BPDUBridge Protocol Data Unit


SWA

BPDU BPDU

BPDU
SWB SWC

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BPDU

IDRootID
RootPathCost
IDDesignatedBridgeID
ID DesignatedPortID

Root Bridge

BPDU
BPDU

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BridgeID: 0.0000-0000-0000

SWB SWC

BridgeID: 16.0000-0000-0001 BridgeID: 0.0000-0000-0002

IDBridgePriorityMAC
BridgeMacAddress
ID

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Root
DP DP

Cost=10 Cost=20

RP RP
Cost=30
DP AP
SWB SWC

Designated Port
RootPathCost
Root Port
Designated
Bridge
STP
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Root
1000M 100M

Cost=10 Cost=20

1000M 100M
Cost=30
10M 10M
SWB SWC

RootPathCost
Cost

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SWA

Root
DP DP

Cost=10 Cost=10

RP RP
DP AP
SWB SWC
BridgeID: 0.0000-0000-0001 BridgeID: 0.0000-0000-0002
DP DP
Cost=10 Cost=10
RP AP

SWD

ID
ID

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SWA
BridgeID: 0.0000-0000-0001
Root

G0/1 G0/2

Cost=10 Cost=10

RP AP

SWB

IDID

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STP BPDU
Disabled

BPDU
Blocking

BPDU
-- Listening

BPDU
-- Learning

BPDU
Forwarding

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ListeningLearningForwarding
Forwarding Delay15

Blocking

Listening

Forwarding Delay

Learning

Forwarding Delay

Forwarding

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Forwarding Delay

SWA Server
DP DP

30

RP RP

DP
SWB SWC

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STP

RSTP

MSTP

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RSTPRapid Spanning Tree Protocol

STP
RSTPSTP
RSTP

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STP RSTP

2

Forwarding Delay



2
Forwarding Delay

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RSTP

MSTP

STPRSTP

TrunkVLAN
VLAN
VLANTrunk

SWA Server

VLAN

PCA SWB SWC PCB

VLAN 10 VLAN 20

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MSTPMultiple Spanning Tree Protocol

VLAN

TrunkVLAN

SWA Server
A: VLAN1~10
B: VLAN11~20

PCA SWC PCB

SWB
VLAN 10 VLAN 20
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STP RSTP MSTP

Y Y Y

N Y Y

N N Y

MSTPRSTP

MSTPSTPRSTP

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Blocking Discarding

Listening Forwarding Delay

Forwarding Delay

Learning Learning

Forwarding Delay Forwarding Delay

Forwarding Forwarding

STP RSTP/MSTP
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RSTP

MSTP

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STP
[Switch] stp enable

STP
[Switch-Ethernet1/0/1] stp disable

STP

[Switch] stp mode { stp | rstp | mstp }

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[Switch] stp [ instance instance-id ] priority priority

[Switch-Ethernet1/0/1] stp edged-port enable

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SWA SWB
[SWA]stp enable [SWB]stp enable
[SWA]stp priority 0 [SWB]stp priority 4096

SWC [SWC]stp enable

[SWC]interface Ethernet 1/0/1
[SWC-Ethernet1/0/1] stp edged-
E1/0/1 port enable

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[SWA]display stp
-------[CIST Global Info][Mode MSTP]-------
CIST Bridge :32768.000f-e23e-f9b0 ID
Bridge Times :Hello 2s MaxAge 20s FwDly 15s MaxHop 20
CIST Root/ERPC :32768.000f-e23e-f9b0 / 0
CIST RegRoot/IRPC :32768.000f-e23e-f9b0 / 0
CIST RootPortId :0.0
BPDU-Protection :disabled
Bridge Config-
Digest-Snooping :disabled
TC or TCN received :0
......

[SWA]display stp brief

MSTID Port Role STP State Protection
0 Ethernet1/0/1 DESI FORWARDING NONE
0 Ethernet1/0/2 DESI FORWARDING NONE
......

ID

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STP

STP

RSTPMSTP


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