Symbol Technologies ES3000 Main Menu-Spanning Tree Configuration Menu, Forwarding DB Mstp Config

3-52ES3000 User Guide

3.5.36 Main Menu->Spanning Tree Configuration Menu

The ES3000 can be configured to use one of three spanning tree protocols. Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is compatible with legacy equipment. Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) is signficantly faster than STP. Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) is based on RSTP and extends RSTP in a way that is useful for switches implementing VLANs.

There maybe more than one physical path between any two nodes (forming a loop) either created for redundancy or by accident. STP ensures only one physical path is active and the others are blocked. If a loop is created for redundancy, STP monitors the two paths and activates the stand-by path if the primary path fails. If a loop was created inadvertently, STP disables one of the two paths. A loop can disable the network by causing a "Broadcast Storm", the result of a broadcast message traveling through the loop again and again.

Use the Spanning Tree Configuration menu to access and configure the following submenus:

•Forwarding DB

•MSTP Config.