HP VPN Firewall Appliances Network Management Configuration Guide

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The device compares the configuration BPDUs of all ports and chooses the optimum
configuration BPDU.
The following are the principles of configuration BPDU comparison:
{ The configuration BPDU with the lowest root bridge ID has the highest priority.
{ If configuration BPDUs have the same root bridge ID, their root path costs are compared. For
example, the root path cost in a configuration BPDU plus the path cost of a receiving port is S.
The configuration BPDU with the smallest S value has the highest priority.
{ If all configuration BPDUs have the same ports value, their designated bridge IDs, designated
port IDs, and the IDs of the receiving ports are compared in sequence. The configuration BPDU
that contains the smallest ID wins.
A tree-shape topology forms when the root bridge, root ports, and designated ports are selected.
An example of STP algorithm calculations:
Figure 40 provides an example of how the STP algorithm works.
Figure 40 The STP algorithm
As shown in Figure 40, the priority values of Device A, Device B, and Device C are 0, 1, and 2,
and the path costs of links among the three devices are 5, 10, and 4, respectively.
4. Device state initialization.
In Table 9, each configuration BPDU contains the following fields: root bridge ID, root path cost,
designated bridge ID, and designated port ID.
Table 9 Initial state of each device
Device Port name Confi
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Device A
Port A1 {0, 0, 0, Port A1}
Port A2 {0, 0, 0, Port A2}
Device B
Port B1 {1, 0, 1, Port B1}
Port B2 {1, 0, 1, Port B2}