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8-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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• Does not add addresses to its forwarding database.
• Receives BPDUs, but does not direct them to the system CPU.
• Does not receive BPDUs for transmission from the system CPU.
• Receives and responds to network management messages.
Troubleshooting STP
Spanning Tree Protocol Failure
A failure in the STA generally leads to a bridging loop. A bridging loop in an STP environment comes from a port that
should be in the blocking state, but is forwarding packets.