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BackboneFast Example After Indirect Link Failure

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16- and 36-Port Ethernet Switch Module for Cisco 2600 Series, Cisco 3600 Series, and Cisco 3700 Series Feature Overview If link L1 fails, Switch C cannot detect this failure because it is not connected directly to link L1. However, because Switch B is directly connected to the root switch over L1, it detects the failure, elects itself the root, and begins sending BPDUs to Switch C, identifying itself as the root. When Switch C receives the inferior BPDUs from Switch B, Switch C assumes that an indirect failure has occurred. At that point, BackboneFast allows the blocked port on Switch C to move immediately to the listening state without waiting for the maximum aging time for the port to expire. BackboneFast then changes the interface on Switch C to the forwarding state, providing a path from Switch B to Switch A. This switchover takes approximately 30 seconds, twice the Forward Delay time if the default Forward Delay time of 15 seconds is set. Figure 11 shows how BackboneFast reconfigures the topology to account for the failure of link L1. Figure 11 BackboneFast Example After Indirect Link Failure Switch A (Root) Switch B L1 Link failure L2 L3 Switch C BackboneFast changes port through listening and learning states to forwarding state. 44964 If a new switch is introduced into a shared-medium topology as shown in Figure 12, BackboneFast is not activated because the inferior BPDUs did not come from the recognized designated bridge (Switch B). The new switch begins sending inferior BPDUs that say it is the root switch. However, the other switches ignore these inferior BPDUs, and the new switch learns that Switch B is the designated bridge to Switch A, the root switch. Figure 12 Adding a Switch in a Shared-Medium Topology Switch A (Root) Switch C Blocked port Switch B (Designated bridge) Added switch 44965 Cisco IOS Release 12.2(2)XT, 12.2(8)T, and 12.2(15)ZJ 23

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16- and 36-Port Ethernet Switch Module for Cisco 2600 Series, Cisco 3600 Series, and Cisco 3700 Series
Feature Overview
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Cisco IOS Release 12.2(2)XT, 12.2(8)T, and 12.2(15)ZJ
If link L1 fails, Switch C cannot detect this failure because it is not connected directly to link L1.
However, because Switch B is directly connected to the root switch over L1, it detects the failure, elects
itself the root, and begins sending BPDUs to Switch C, identifying itself as the root. When Switch C
receives the inferior BPDUs from Switch B, Switch C assumes that an indirect failure has occurred. At
that point, BackboneFast allows the blocked port on Switch C to move immediately to the listening state
without waiting for the maximum aging time for the port to expire. BackboneFast then changes the
interface on Switch C to the forwarding state, providing a path from Switch B to Switch A. This
switchover takes approximately 30 seconds, twice the Forward Delay time if the default Forward Delay
time of 15 seconds is set.
Figure 11
shows how BackboneFast reconfigures the topology to account for
the failure of link L1.
Figure 11
BackboneFast Example After Indirect Link Failure
If a new switch is introduced into a shared-medium topology as shown in
Figure 12
, BackboneFast is not
activated because the inferior BPDUs did not come from the recognized designated bridge (Switch B).
The new switch begins sending inferior BPDUs that say it is the root switch. However, the other switches
ignore these inferior BPDUs, and the new switch learns that Switch B is the designated bridge to
Switch A, the root switch.
Figure 12
Adding a Switch in a Shared-Medium Topology
L1
L2
L3
Switch C
Switch A
(Root)
Switch B
Link failure
44964
BackboneFast changes port
through listening and learning
states to forwarding state.
Switch A
(Root)
Switch C
Switch B
(Designated bridge)
Added switch
44965
Blocked port