Operation Manual - STP
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 4 The Rapid Transition Feature
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Chapter 4 The Rapid Transition Feature
4.1 Introduction
Designated ports with RSTP (rapid spanning tree protocol) or MSTP (multiple spanning
tree protocol) employed use the following two types of packets to implement rapid
transition:
z Proposal packets: Packets sent by designated ports requesting rapid transition
z Agreement packets: Packets used to acknowledge rapid transition requests
The designated port of an upstream switch with RSTP or MSTP employed can perform
rapid transition operation only after the port receives agreement packets from the
downstream switch. Switches with different protocols among RSTP and MSTP
employed act differently as follows:
z As for switches with MSTP employed, a downstream switch sends agreement
packets to the upstream switch only after it receive agreement packets from the
upstream switch. That is, the upstream switch sends agreement packets to the
downstream switch.
z As for switches with RSTP employed, the upstream switch does not send
agreement packets to the downstream switch.
Figure 4-1 and Figure 4-2 illustrate the RSTP and MSTP rapid transition mechanisms.
Designated port
Root port
Upstream sw itc
Dow nstream switc
Sends proposal packets to
request rapid transition
Sends agreement packets
Root port blocks other
non-border ports,
changes to Forwarding
state, and sends
agreement packets
to the upstream switch
Designated port
changes to
Forw arding state
Designated port
Root port
Upstream sw itc
Dow nstream switc
Sends proposal packets to
request rapid transition
Sends agreement packets
Root port blocks other
non-border ports,
changes to Forwarding
state, and sends
agreement packets
to the upstream switch
Designated port
changes to
Forw arding state
Figure 4-1 RSTP rapid transition
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