RSTP/MSTP Features

RSTP/MSTP Features

1. Implements the Rapid Spanning Tree algorithm for Rapid Recovery (802.1w), supporting recovery in the order of less than a second

2. Supports Multiple Spanning Tree instances (802.1s) to enable more than one forwarding path by associating one or more VLAN IDs to each of the spanning tree Instance

3. RSTP and MSTP bridges are designed to flexibly interoperate with bridges running in STP/RSTP/MSTP modes

4. Supports all features specified in the draft MIB for RSTP

5. Requires minimum efforts, during integration with external modules (Port Based

6. Network Access Control, Link Aggregation, and VLAN/GARP)

7. A generic set of NP APIs is provided for all the components of RSTP/MSTP for effortless integration with switch hardware

8. Can be easily integrated with several switch hardware

9. Provides support for configuration and management through SNMP and CLI

10 Highly portable code, which uses flexible buffer and timer management libraries