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Chapter19 Configuring MSTP
Understanding RSTP
Figure19-4 Proposal and Agreement Handshaking for Rapid Convergence
Synchronization of Port Roles
When the switch receives a proposal message on one of its ports and that port is selected as the new root
port, the RSTP forces all other ports to synchronize with the new root information.
The switch is synchronized with superior root information received on the root port if all other ports are
synchronized. An individual port on the switch is synchronized if
That port is in the blocking state.
It is an edge port (a port configured to be at the edge of the network).
If a designated port is in the forwarding state and is not configured as an edge port, it transitions to the
blocking state when the RSTP forces it to synchronize with new root information. In general, when the
RSTP forces a port to synchronize with root information and the port does not satisfy any of the above
conditions, its port state is set to blocking.
Proposal
Switch A Switch B
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RPDP
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RPDP
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Agreement
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DP = designated port
RP = root port
F = forwarding