rapid spanning tree / portfast

[lwallimann]

hello together,

i have a question about rapid spanning tree.

If I enable per vlan rapid spanning tree do i have to configure portfast on the access ports or is this nativly done in rstp?

best regards

lars

[Bobby Thekkekandam]

Hi Lars,

In RSTP, the access ports are known as "edge" ports. To configure a port as an "edge port" you use the same command to enable portfast to do this.

"Edge ports—If you configure a port as an edge port on an RSTP switch by using the spanning-tree portfast interface configuration command, the edge port immediately transitions to the forwarding state. An edge port is the same as a Port Fast-enabled port, and you should enable it only on ports that connect to a single end station."

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c3550/12113ea1/3550scg/swmstp.htm

HTH,

Bobby

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[lwallimann]

thanks a lot Bobby