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206 ExtremeWare 7.2e Installation and User Guide
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
2 Bridge E believes that bridge A is the root bridge. When bridge E receives the BPDU on its root port
from bridge F, bridge E:
• Determines that it received an inferior BPDU.
• Immediately begins the max age timer on its root port
• Performs a configuration update
After the configuration update, bridge E:
• Regards itself as the new root bridge
• Sends BPDU messages on both of its root ports to bridges F and D, respectively
Figure 35: New root bridge selected
3 When bridge F receives the superior BPDU and configuration update from bridge E, bridge F:
• Decides that the receiving port is the root port
• Determines that bridge E is the root bridge.
Figure 36: Communicating new root bridge status to neighbors
EW_103
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B
A , 1
C
A , 2
E
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A , 3
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A , 1
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A , 0
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