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Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R7.2

Chapter 7 Configuring STP and RSTP

Topology Changes

The RSTP does not have a separate topology change notification (TCN) BPDU. It uses the topology

change (TC) flag to show the topology changes. However, for interoperability with IEEE 802.1D

switches, the RSTP switch processes and generates TCN BPDUs.

The learning and forwarding flags are set according to the state of the sending port.

Processing Superior BPDU Information

If a port receives superior root information (lower bridge ID, lower path cost, etc.) than currently stored

for the port, the RSTP triggers a reconfiguration. If the port is proposed and is selected as the new root

port, RSTP forces all the other ports to synchronize.

If the BPDU received is an RSTP BPDU with the proposal flag set, the switch sends an agreement

message after all of the other ports are synchronized. If the BPDU is an IEEE 802.1D BPDU, the switch

does not set the proposal flag and starts the forward-delay timer for the port. The new root port requires

twice the forward-delay time to transition to the forwarding state.

If the superior information received on the port causes the port to become a backup or alternate port,

RSTP sets the port to the blocking state but does not send the agreement message. The designated port

continues sending BPDUs with the proposal flag set until the forward-delay timer expires, at which time

the port transitions to the forwarding state.

Processing Inferior BPDU Information

If a designated port receives an inferior BPDU (higher bridge ID, higher path cost, etc.) than currently

stored for the port with a designated port role, it immediately replies with its own information.

Topology Changes

This section describes the differences between the RSTP and the IEEE 802.1D in handling spanning-tree

topology changes.

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Detection—Unlike IEEE 802.1D in which any transition between the blocking and the forwarding

state causes a topology change, only transitions from the blocking to the forwarding state cause a

topology change with RSTP. (Only an increase in connectivity is considered a topology change.)

State changes on an edge port do not cause a topology change. When an RSTP switch detects a

topology change, it flushes the learned information on all of its non edge ports.

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Notification—Unlike IEEE 802.1D, which uses TCN BPDUs, the RSTP does not use them.

However, for IEEE 802.1D interoperability, an RSTP switch processes and generates TCN BPDUs.

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Acknowledgement—When an RSTP switch receives a TCN message on a designated port from an

IEEE 802.1D switch, it replies with an IEEE 802.1D configuration BPDU with the topology change

acknowledgement bit set. However, if the TC-while timer (the same as the topology-change timer in

IEEE 802.1D) is active on a root port connected to an IEEE 802.1D switch and a configuration

BPDU with the topology change acknowledgement bit set is received, the TC-while timer is reset.

This behavior is only required to support IEEE 802.1D switches. The RSTP BPDUs never have the

topology change acknowledgement bit set.

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Propagation—When an RSTP switch receives a TC message from another switch through a

designated or root port, it propagates the topology change to all of its non edge, edge, designated

ports, and root port (excluding the port on which it is received). The switch starts the TC-while timer

for all such ports and flushes the information learned on them.

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