All Entries in the "Cisco Switches" Category
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Cisco switches support three types of STP
STP
Description
PVST+
802.1d per VLAN with Cisco-proprietary extensions (PortFast, UplinkFast, BackboneFast)
PVRST+
802.1w (RTSP) per VLAN
Multiservice Transport Platform
802.1s referred to as multiple STP, combines CISCO’s PVST+ with IEEE standards
