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Chapter 8 Configuring Spanning Tree
Understanding How Spanning Tree Protocols Work
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Receives, processes, and transmits BPDUs received from the system module.
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Receives and responds to network management messages.
Figure 8-5
Port 2 in Learning State
Filtering
database
Frame
forwarding
System
module
Port 1
BPDUs
All segment
frames
BPDU and network
management frames
All segment
frames
Forwarding
Learning
BPDUs
Station
addresses
Network
management
and data frames
Port 2
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Network
management
frames
Station
addresses
Data
frames