
Technical basics
3.8 Spanning Tree
SCALANCE W770/W730 to IEEE 802.11n Web Based Management
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● Alternate port (substitute for the root port)
A substitute for the root port is configured. If the connection to the root bridge is lost, the
device can establish a connection over the alternate port without any delay due to
reconfiguration.
● Reaction to events
Rapid spanning tree reacts to events, for example an aborted connection, without delay.
There is no waiting for timers as in spanning tree.
● Counter for the maximum bridge hops
The number of bridge hops a package is allowed to make before it automatically
becomes invalid.
In principle, therefore with rapid spanning tree, alternatives for many parameters are
preconfigured and certain properties of the network structure taken into account to reduce
the reconfiguration time.
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
The Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) is a further development of the Rapid
Spanning Tree Protocol. Among other things, it provides the option of operating several
RSTP instances within different VLANs or VLAN groups and, for example, making paths
available within the individual VLANs that the single Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol would
globally block.
Note
Default setting
HTTP is enabled as default on the
device.
Common and internal Spanning Tree (CIST)
CIST identifies the internal instance used by the switch that is comparable in principle with
an internal RSTP instance.
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