Chapter5 Wekk5 Netw206

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Chapter 5: STP

Page 196: STP Convergence

Complete Figure 5-2 Determine the Root Bridge and Port Roles: Topology 1

The Tree is as follows

SWA – SWD – SWC

SWA - SWB

Complete Figure 5-3 Determine the Root Bridge and Port Roles: Topology 2

The Tree is as follows

SWB – SWC – SWD

SWB - SWA

Complete Figure 5-4 Determine the Root Bridge and Port Roles: Topology 3

The Tree is as follows

SWD – SWA – SWA

SWD - SWC

Complete Figure 5-5 Spanning-Tree Recalculation Exercise

The Tree is as follows

SWB – SWA – SWD - SWC

Page 203: RSTP Concepts Exercise

Complete Table 5-4 comparison of 802.1D and RSTP

Operational Port State 802.1D Port State RSTP Port State

Enabled Blocking Discarding

Enabled Listening Discarding

Enabled Learning Learning

Enabled Forwarding Forwarding

Disabled Disabled Discarding

Page 205: Command Reference

Complete Table 5-5 Commands for STP Configuration

spanning-tree cost 110Switch#show spanning-tree | Changes the STP port cost to 110 |

Switch#show spanning-tree | Displays the STP port and path cost to the root bridge |

Switch(config)#spanning-tree

vlan 1 root primary | Configures the local switch as the primary root bridge

for VLAN 1 |

Switch(config)#spanning-tree

vlan 1 root secondary | Configures the local switch as the backup root bridge

for VLAN 1 |

Switch(config)#spanning-tree

vlan 1 priority 24576 | Configures the local switch with 24576 as the STP

priority for VLAN 1 |

Switch(config-if)#spanning-tree...