Configuration Prerequisites; Configuration Procedure - HP 3100 Series Configuration Manual

Figure 20 Rapid state transition of an MSTP designated port
Figure 21 Rapid state transition of an RSTP designated port
If the upstream device is a third-party device, the rapid state transition implementation might be
limited. For example, when the upstream device uses a rapid transition mechanism similar to that of
RSTP, and the downstream device adopts MSTP and does not operate in RSTP mode, the root port
on the downstream device receives no agreement packet from the upstream device and sends no
agreement packets to the upstream device. As a result, the designated port of the upstream device
fails to transit rapidly, and can only change to the forwarding state after a period twice the Forward
Delay.
You can enable the No Agreement Check feature on the downstream device's port to enable the
designated port of the upstream device to transit its state rapidly.

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure the No Agreement Check function, complete the following tasks:
•
Connect a device to a third-party upstream device that supports spanning tree protocols via a
point-to-point link.
•
Configure the same region name, revision level and VLAN-to-instance mappings on the two
devices, assigning them to the same region.

Configuration procedure

To make the No Agreement Check feature take effect, enable it on the root port.
To configure No Agreement Check:
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