Re: ASET, How do you interpret this question?

I agree with Bryan on the terminology, but I also see how it is definitely
poorly worded. I mean, when you use the spanning-tree vlan x root
primary/secondary commands you are of course changing the priority to
something OTHER than the default. I would have asked the proctor.

On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Bryan Bartik <bbartik_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:

> Whenever I hear primary and secondary with a spanning-tree task I think of
> the spanning-tree root primary and secondary commands. Only with those
> commands do you really see that terminology used.
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
>
> > G2,
> >
> > It's gauging if you understand how to use the primary and secondary root
> > commands vs just apply priority 0 and priority 4096. I can see how it's
> > confusing, so I would walk that one up to you local proctor for a
> > clarification.
> >
> > -ryan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> G2
> > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 4:04 PM
> > To: Cisco certification
> > Subject: ASET, How do you interpret this question?
> >
> > How do you guys interpret this question?
> >
> >
> > SPANNING TREE:
> > -STP parameters for VLANs 1,10,20,30,40,100,200 and 300 should be
> > dictated by SW1. SW2 should be the secondary root. SW2, SW3, and SW4
> > should not be root bridge for any VLANs.
> > -The primary and secondary priorities should be at their default values.
> >
> >
> >
> > When I see the second bullet saying "primary and secondary priorities
> > should be at their default values", that tells me that I cannot modify
> > SW1 and SW2. Not even with the "spanning-tree vlan X root primary" or
> > "secondary" command. So my solution was to just change the priorities
> > for SW3 and SW4 to be higher than SW1/SW2. SW1 was already the root
> > bridge so SW2 was the secondary by default.
> >
> >
> > However, the answer to this question did use the "spanning-tree vlan X
> > root primary & secondary" command.
> >
> > Am I missing something or is this just poorly worded?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary
> >
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