Allied Telesis AT-FS970M Series - Manual (Page 753)

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Chapter 51
STP, RSTP and MSTP Protocols
This chapter covers the following topics:
 “Overview” on page 754
 “Bridge Priority and the Root Bridge” on page 755
 “Path Costs and Port Costs” on page 756
 “Port Priority” on page 757
 “Forwarding Delay and Topology Changes” on page 758
 “Hello Time and Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDU)” on page 759
 “Point-to-Point and Edge Ports” on page 760
 “Mixed STP and RSTP Networks” on page 762
 “Spanning Tree and VLANs” on page 763
 “RSTP and MSTP BPDU Guard” on page 764
 “STP, RSTP, MSTP Loop Guard” on page 766
 “STP and RSTP Root Guard” on page 771