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Redhill
Two days
All levels
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
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.