STP Flashcards
Classic spanning tree IEEE standard
802.1D
Root bridge election process
Switch with lowest Bridge ID
Default bridge priority (not including extended system Id)
32768
Bridge ID structure
Bridge priority - 4 bits
Extended system ID - 12 bits
MAC address - 48 bits
STP bridge priority can be changed in units of
4096
802.1D 10mbps cost
100
802.1D speed for cost of 100
10mbps
802.1D 100Mbps cost
19
802.1D 19 cost speed
100Mbps
802.1D 1 Gbps cost
4
802.1D 4 cost speed
1gbps
802.1D 10gbps cost
2
802.1D 2 cost speed
10gbps
STP root port selection
- Lowest Root cost
- Lowest neighbor bridge ID
- Lowest neighbor port ID
STP default forward delay timer
15 seconds
STP default hello timer
2 seconds
STP default max age timer
20 seconds (10*hello timer)
PVST+ BPDUs are sent to destination MAC address:
0100.0ccc.cccd
Standard STP (NOT PVST) BPDUs are sent to destination MAC address:
0180.c200.0000
spanning-treee vlan vlan-id root primary sets the STP priority to […], or 4096 less than the current root’s priority.
24576
spanning-tree vlan vlan-id root secondary sets the STP priority to […]
28672
Rapid STP is IEEE […]
802.1w
Multiple STP is IEEE […]
802.1s
What is the protocol version identifier in a rapid STP BPDU?
2
What is the protocol version identifier in a classic STP BPDU?
0
In RSTP, a switch considers a neighbor lost if it misses […] BPDUs.
3
STP Non-Designated ports are in a […] state
blocking
STP Root ports are in a […] state.
forwarding
STP: There must be one […] port per collision domain.
designated
STP: There must be one designated port per […].
collision domain
In an 802.1D STP network, which switch(es) send BPDUs?
Root bridge only