Product Description
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To manage the switches of a particular subnet, the network
administrator can establish either a local or remote management session
with either Master switch 1 or Master switch 2 in that particular subnet.
Once the session is established, the administrator has full management
access to all the AT-8024GB switches in the subnet.
Spanning Tree
Protocol (STP)
The AT-8024 and AT-8024GB Fast Ethernet Switches are IEEE 802.1D
standard-compliant and support the spanning tree protocol. STP can be
an important part of large networks where loops exist in the network
topology.
A loop occurs when two or more nodes on your network can transmit
data to each other over more than one link. Network loops can seriously
impact network performance because packets can become caught in
repeating cycles, often referred to as broadcast storms, that needlessly
consume network bandwidth and reduce network performance.
STP addresses this problem by ensuring that there is only one path
between the end nodes. Where multiple paths exist, STP places the extra
paths in a redundant or standby mode, leaving only one main active
path. The redundant paths can be activated by STP if the main path goes
down. So not only does STP guard against multiple links between end
nodes, but it also activates backup redundant paths in case a main link
fails.
STP is disabled by default on the AT-8024 and AT-8024GB Fast Ethernet
Switches.
Note
The AT-8024 and AT-8024GB Fast Ethernet Switches support only
one STP domain. All virtual LANs that you create will be members of
that STP domain.
