Spanning Tree Protocol Lab

Topology

(Note: The MAC addresses seen within the topology above will not match the MAC addresses
of your topology. Therefore, we will begin with a practice exercise, analyzing the STP
topology shown.)

Spanning Tree Protocol Exercise

Using topology information, answer the following questions:

● Which switch is the root bridge?

o This is the switch with the lowest Bridge ID.
Þ This is made up of the Bridge Priority and the Bridge MAC Address.
o If the priorities are all the same, then the Root Bridge is decided by the lowest
MAC Address.
● Which ports are the root ports?
o The one (and only one) port on a non-Root Bridge that’s closest to the Root
Bridge, in terms of cost.

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 ● Which ports are the designated ports?
o The one (and only one) port on each segment that is closest to the Root Bridge in
terms of cost.
● Which ports are the blocking ports?
o A port that is administratively enabled, but is not a Root Port nor a Designated
Port.

Solution

Step 1: Which switch is the root bridge?

SW1>enable
SW1#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
Cost 4
Port 3 (GigabitEthernet0/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.001d.b96c
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

SW2>enable
SW2#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
Cost 4
Port 3 (GigabitEthernet0/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.0019.51aa
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

SW3>enable
SW3#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
This bridge is the root
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.0002.96d2
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

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Step 2: Which ports are the root ports?

SW1#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
Cost 4
Port 3 (GigabitEthernet0/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.001d.b96c
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Altn BLK 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Root FWD 4 128.3 P2p

SW2#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
Cost 4
Port 3 (GigabitEthernet0/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.0019.51aa
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Desg FWD 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Root FWD 4 128.3 P2p
Gi0/3 Altn BLK 4 128.4 P2p

SW3#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
This bridge is the root
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.0002.96d2
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Desg FWD 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Desg FWD 4 128.3 P2p
Gi0/3 Desg FWD 4 128.4 P2p

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Step 3: Which ports are the designated ports?

SW1#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
Cost 4
Port 3 (GigabitEthernet0/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.001d.b96c
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Altn BLK 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Root FWD 4 128.3 P2p

SW2#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
Cost 4
Port 3 (GigabitEthernet0/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.0019.51aa
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Desg FWD 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Root FWD 4 128.3 P2p
Gi0/3 Altn BLK 4 128.4 P2p

SW3#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
This bridge is the root
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.0002.96d2
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Desg FWD 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Desg FWD 4 128.3 P2p
Gi0/3 Desg FWD 4 128.4 P2p

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Step 4: Which ports are the blocking ports?

SW1#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
Cost 4
Port 3 (GigabitEthernet0/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.001d.b96c
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Altn BLK 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Root FWD 4 128.3 P2p

SW2#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
Cost 4
Port 3 (GigabitEthernet0/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.0019.51aa
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Desg FWD 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Root FWD 4 128.3 P2p
Gi0/3 Altn BLK 4 128.4 P2p

SW3#show spanning-tree
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address 5254.0002.96d2
This bridge is the root
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)

Address 5254.0002.96d2
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 300 sec

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type

------------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------------
Gi0/1 Desg FWD 4 128.2 P2p
Gi0/2 Desg FWD 4 128.3 P2p
Gi0/3 Desg FWD 4 128.4 P2p

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Put Your Skills to the Test!

(We challenge you to create your own topology, using the Initial Configuration Commands
that follow, and go through the calculations and verifications yourself. Below is a topology
that you can reference for your topology.)

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Initial Configuration Commands

SW1:

enable
conf t
no ip domain-lookup
line con 0
logging synchronous
exec-timeout 0 0
hostname SW1
int gig 0/0
shutdown
int gig 0/3
shutdown
end
copy run star

SW2:

enable
conf t
no ip domain-lookup
line con 0
logging synchronous
exec-timeout 0 0
hostname SW2
int gig 0/0
shutdown
end
copy run star

SW3:

enable
conf t
no ip domain-lookup
line con 0
logging synchronous
exec-timeout 0 0
hostname SW3
int gig 0/0
shutdown
end
copy run star

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