From: Guoqi Cui (guoqicui@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Sep 13 2002 - 18:32:56 GMT-3
--- Edward Monk <edmonk@attbi.com> wrote:
> This is a very poorly worded question.
>
> Is this question saying that the only time a Root
> link query Protocol
> Data Unit is sent is when BackboneFast is
> configured?
>
> I would have to disagree with that.
>
> STP always responds to root link queries if it is
> enabled on the
> LAN/VLAN. How screwed up would your spanning tree
> topology get if it
> didn't?
>
> By the way STP is enabled by default on VLAN 1 on
> both the 5000 and the
> 3550 so it would respond to Root link queries by
> default.
>
> Also you can set the diameter to two on the root or
> secondary switch or
> change the forward delay manually to twice the root
> delay setting and
> answer this question.
>
> In addition BackboneFast only works in certain
> topologies with a minimum
> of three switches and it is only invoked when an
> indirect link failure
> is detected in the STP topology.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Larson, Chris
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 12:40 PM
> To: 'beda jain'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: question on cat 5 and 3550
>
> I believe they are asking you to enable backbone
> fast and set a forward
> delay of 30 seconds.
>
>
> Both can be found by searching CCO. Backbone fast.
> Forward delay.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: beda jain [SMTP:bpjain@cisco.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 2:01 PM
> > To: beda jain; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: question on cat 5 and 3550
> >
> > this is from routopia lab 2 section 4
> > At 12:45 PM 9/13/2002 -0400, beda jain wrote:
> > >Hi All,
> > > configure both in cat 5 and 3550.
> > >1. Configure so that switch will respond to root
> link queries.
> > >
> > >2. configure the forward delay on vlan 1 to
> reflect that of a
> spanning
> > >tree diameter of two switches.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Beda
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