Tag: STP
Cisco Spanning Tree Scalability
A colleague (Twitter: @Toonieh) mentioned spanning-tree scalability in a Cisco network. He had an article about this matter. All the credits on this post go to him. I found the article on internet and post it here to be able to find it quickly.. In a Layer 2 looped topology design, spanning tree processing instances … Read More
Fiber optics and UDLD
UDLD (Unidirectional Link Detection) is a protocol to help prevent forwarding loops in switched networks. A fiber cable is build from two separate fibers (transmit and receive), where one of the two fiber could fail, which would result in a switch port not able to receive or send traffic. This scenario could result in some … Read More