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Day 25 - STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) Flashcards

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This original IEEE standard allowed for only one instance of STP to run for an entire switched network

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IEEE STP 802.1D

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STP helps prevent __________ in a redundant switched network

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Loops

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Without STP, redundancy in a switched network can introduce what types of issues?

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Broadcast storms
Multiple frame transmission
MAC database instability

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STP creates a __________ that ensures that only one path exists for each network segment at any one time

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Tree

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For any interfaces not chosen to be in a forwarding state, STP places the interfaces into a __________ __________

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Blocking state

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Switches exchange STP configuration every ___ seconds, by default

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2

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The configuration messages exchanged every 2 seconds (by default) are using what protocol and also, what are these messages called?

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Multicast
BDPUs (Bridge Protocol Data Units)

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True or False: Blocked ports listen for BPDUs to listen for whether or not the other side of link is down

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True

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What does the Bridge ID (BID) consist of?

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Priority value
Bridge MAC address

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What is the default bridge priority value?

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32768

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The __________ __________ is the bridge with the lowest BID

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Root bridge

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If the BID default priority value isn’t changed, the switch with the lowest __________ becomes the root bridge

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MAC address

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This is the process by which switches collectively realize that something has changed in the LAN topology

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STP convergence

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What are the 4 steps for STP convergence?

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Elect a root bridge
Elect root ports
Elect designated ports
Root ports and designated ports transition to forwarding and the other ports transition to blocking

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15
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What is the IEEE cost in STP for a 10 Mbps link?

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100

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What is the IEEE cost in STP for a 100 Mbps link?

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19

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What is the IEEE cost in STP for a 1 Gbps link?

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4

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What is the IEEE cost in STP for a 10 Gbps link?

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2

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19
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What four states does STP use?

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Blocking
Listening
Learning
Forwarding

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What is the fifth state that STP uses when a network admin manually disables the port or when a security violation occurs?

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Disabled

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21
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Solve for definition:

The original specification of __________ defined as 802.1D

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STP

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22
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Solve for definition:

Cisco’s enhancement of STP that provides a separate 802.1D spanning tree instance for each VLAN configured in the network

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PVST+

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23
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Solve for definition:

This is 802.1w. It’s an evolution of STP that provides faster convergence. However, it still provides for only a single instance of STP

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RSTP

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Solve for definition:

A Cisco enhancement of RSTP. Provides a separate instance of 802.1w per VLAN

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RPVST+

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PVST+'s tree calculation is for All VLANs or Per VLAN?
Per VLAN
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STP's tree calculation is for All VLANs OR Per VLAN?
All VLANs
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RPVST+'s tree calculation is for All VLANs for Per VLAN?
Per VLAN
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What STP operation is the default on all Cisco Catalyst switches?
PVST+
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Switched networks running PVST+ have what characteristics?
Per VLAN configuration allows redundant links to be fully utilized Each additional spanning tree instance for a VLAN adds more CPU cycles to all switches on the network
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True or False: Ports in a blocking state can still receive and process BPDUs
True
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True or False: Ports in a listening state can forward data frames received on the interface
False
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True or False: Ports in a listening state can learn MAC addresses
False
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True or False: Ports in a learning state can receive and process BDPUs
True
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True or False: Ports in a learning state can forward data frames switched or received on the interface
False
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True or False: Ports in a forwarding state can forward data frame switched from another interface or received on the interface
True
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PVST+ requires what for each VLAN?
A separate instance of spanning tree
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In PVST+ the extended Bridge ID with System ID equals what?
VLAN identifier in the bridge ID
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In a PVST+ BID, what 3 fields are included?
Bridge priority Extended system ID (VLAN) MAC address
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In RPVST+ a single instance of __________ runs for each VLAN
RSTP
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With RSTP, IEEE improved the convergence performance of STP from 50 seconds to less than ____________
10 seconds
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With RSTP, what is the blocking state called?
Discarding state
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Solve for definition: A single port on each nonroot switch in which the switch hears the best BPDU out of all the received BPDUs
Root port
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Solve for definition: Of all switch ports on all switches attached to the same segment/collision domain, this is the port that advertises the best BPDU
Designated port
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Solve for definition: An RSTP role for a port on a switch that receives a suboptimal BPDU
Alternate port
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RSTP edge (portfast) ports should immediately transition to a __________ __________, thereby skipping 802.1D listening and learning port state
Forwarding state
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Portfast links must be what kind of links?
Point to point links with an end device
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What is the default hello time for PVST+
2 seconds
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What is maximum aging time for PVST+
20 seconds
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What two configuration options will help you achieve load balancing with PVST+
Bridge ID manipulation Port cost manipulation
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What commands would you use to change the bridge ID for VLAN 1?
spanning-tree vlan 1 root primary (or secondary) spanning-tree vlan 1 priority (priority)
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The primary keyword in an stp configuration automatically sets the bridge priority value to what?
24576
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The secondary keyword in an stp configuration automatically sets the bridge priority value to what?
28672
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The bridge priority value goes up in increments of what?
4096
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Alternatively, what commands would you use to manually alter the cost of bridge ID priority values?
spanning-tree vlan 1 priority 24576
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What command would you use to verify spanning tree protocol?
show spanning-tree
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What commands would you use to configure portfast and BPDU guard on Fa0/1?
int fa0/1 sw mode acc spanning-tree portfast spanning-tree bdpuguard enable
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What can the Bridge Priority range be?
0-65535 but in reality it's only 0-61440 because it goes in increments of 4096
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What is a Root Bridge elected based on?
Bridge ID values (MAC Address and Bridge Priority Value)
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**True or False:** When a switch calculates its best path towards the Root Bridge, higher bandwidth links are preferred?
True
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**True or False:** If a switch has multiple equal cost paths towards the Root Bridge, it will select the neighbor switch with the lowest Bridge ID?
True. It will select it based on the lowest MAC Address or a lower assigned Bridge Priority value
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Ports on the neighbor switch opposite the root port are called what?
Designated Ports
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Root Ports point toward what?
Root Bridge
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The Root Ports and Designated Ports are the most direct path(s) to this?
Root Bridge
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What IEEE standard is MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol)?
802.1s
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Does PVST+ allow load balancing?
Yes
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If you had 20 VLANS on a switch running RPVST+ how many Spanning Tree instances would be running?
20. One for each VLAN
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PVST+ will assign the _____, ______ or _______ role to ports?
Root, Designated or Alternate
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What is the Short-Mode Cost (IEEE) of 20 Gbps?
1
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What is the command to verify Spanning Tree for VLAN 1?
show spanning-tree vlan 1
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On a show spanning tree command, what is the Root ID section telling you about?
Tells you about the Root Bridge, which might not necessarily be the switch you're looking at the output on
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On a show spanning tree command, what is the Bridge ID section telling you about?
This is actually giving you information about the switch you're running the command on
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If you entered a Priority value of 5000 what would happen?
It would error out since it's not an increment of 4096
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If a portfast port has been errdisabled by receiving BPDUs what should you do to bring it back?
First, correct the issue then: *shut* *no shut*
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If you had two switches - one primary and one secondary what command could you use to make sure no other switch ever got introduced that had a superior priority value and thus became the root bridge?
*int {int}* *spanning-tree guard root*
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Switch port enters the __________ state at time of election process, when a switch receives a BPDU on a port that indicates a better path to the Root Switch or if a port is not a Root Port.
Blocking
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________ state is the first transitional state after blocking state.
Listening
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This state of an STP port does not participate in any operation of STP because it is considered non-operational.
Disabled
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Switch port enters __________ state after passing through all the states involved in creation of network topology.
Forwarding
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Where would you enable Root Guard?
Use Root Guard only on uplink ports that connect to switches or devices that should never become the root bridge. These are typically connections to distribution or core switches.
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What STP priority setting is NOT permitted on a Cisco switch? 1 0 4096 32768 28672
1 because it's not an increment of 4096
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How is a root bridge elected when there are multiple switches with a default configuration? switch with highest priority switch with lowest priority switch with lowest MAC address switch with highest MAC address
switch with lowest MAC address
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Which of these MAC addresses would be chosen in the case of default config on multiple switches? 00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E A1:B2:C3:D4:E5:F6 08:00:27:00:FF:AA 2C:33:7F:9A:BC:DE
00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E
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What two features of the Spanning-Tree Protocol contribute to the time it takes for a switched network to converge after a topology change occurs? (Choose two.) The max-age timer The spanning-tree hold down timer The forward delay The spanning-tree path cost
Max-Age Timer Forward Delay
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What three link types have been defined for Rapid Spanning-Tree Protocol? (Choose three.) Shared End-to-end Edge-type Boundary-type Point-to-point
Shared Edge-Type Point-to-Point

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