Hirschmann RS40 User Manual

Rapid Spanning Tree
Redundancy L2E
Release 4.1 03/08
4.2 Rules for creating the tree structure
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X If two paths with the same root path costs lead out from a bridge, the port
identifier is used as the last criterion (see fig. 29). This decides which port
is selected.
Figure 30: Flow diagram for specifying the root path
Equal
path costs?
Determine root path
no
yes
Equal
priority in
bridge identification?
Equal
port priority?
yes
yes
Path with lowest
path costs = root path
Path with highest
port priority
= root path
Path with highest
priority in bridge
identification = root path
no
no
Path with lowest
port number
= root path
Root path determined

Hirschmann RS40 Specifications

General

Brand	Hirschmann
Model	RS40
Category	Network Router
Language	English