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STP alternatives

STP alternatives

  • 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
  • Completion Certificate
  • 24/7 Technical Support

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  • Delivered Online or In-Person

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  • Redhill

  • Two days

  • All levels

Description

STP alternatives training course description

The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) dates from 1985.
This course explores the technologies that can be used
as an alternative to STP, including FabricPath, SPB
and TRILL.

What will you learn

  • Explain how STP and RSTP work.

  • Explain how TRILL works.

  • Explain how SPB works.

  • Explain how FabricPath works.

STP alternatives training course details

  • Who will benefit:

Technical network staff.

  • Prerequisites:

Definitive Ethernet switching for engineers

  • Duration

1 day

STP alternatives training course contents
  • Introduction


Layer 2 versus Layer 3, STP problems: One path,
convergence, MAC explosion, STP alternatives.

  • STP


802.1D, how STP works, root bridge, convergence
times, single path.

  • RSTP


802.1w, Improvements, convergence times.

  • Link aggregation


802.3ad, Multi system Link aggregation.

  • IS-IS


Concepts, Discovery, topology exchange, flooding.
Changes for TRILL, FabricPath and SPB.

  • FabricPath


Overview, architecture, control plane protocols,
DRAP, STP interactions, packet forwarding,
configuration.

  • TRILL


Concepts, RBridge, TRILL frames, control plane,
data plane, learning MAC addresses.

  • SPB


802.1aq, Node ID, Backbone Edge Bridges,
Backbone MAC address, customer MACs, I-SID,
forwarding database.

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