HP 3500 Series Advanced Traffic Management Manual page 181

Spanning tree enabled ports
Loop protection enabled 'edge'
ports that connect to unmanaged
switches and/or authenticated
clients
Web authentication clients
Figure 3-34. Examples of Loop Protection Enabled in Preference to STP
Figure 3-34 shows examples where loop protection can be used.
Multiple Instance Spanning-Tree Operation
STP Domain
Switch
802.1X authentication clients
Loop Protection
Unmanaged switch
(does not support STP)
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