HP 3400CL-24G manual Terminology, Release M.10.17 Enhancements

Enhancements

Release M.10.17 Enhancements

STP Domain SNMP Trap Management

Station

SNMP Trap

Switch

BPDU protection

End User

SNMP Trap

Event Log: port X is disable by STP

Fake STP BPDU

Figure 27. Example of BPDU Protection Enabled at the Network Edge

Terminology

BPDU — Acronym for bridge protocol data unit. BPDUs are data messages that are exchanged between the switches within an extended LAN that use a spanning tree protocol topology. BPDU packets contain information on ports, addresses, priorities and costs and ensure that the data ends up where it was intended to go. BPDU messages are exchanged across bridges to detect loops in a network topology. The loops are then removed by placing redundant switch ports in a backup, or blocked, state.

BPDU Filtering — Spanning-tree configuration mode that prevents the switch from receiving and transmitting BPDU frames on a specific port.

BPDU Protection — Spanning-tree configuration mode which disables a port where BPDU frames are received.

MSTP — Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, defined in IEEE 802.1s. Each MSTI (multiple spanning tree instance) on a physical port provides loop free connectivity for the group of VLANs associated with that instance. This means that traffic transported on different VLANs can be distributed for load- balancing among links between switches.

RSTP — Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, defined in IEEE 802.1w and ratified in IEEE 802.1D-2004.

Spanning-tree — Generic term to refer to the many spanning-tree flavors: now deprecated STP, RSTP and VLAN-aware MSTP.

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