Per-Vlan Spanning Tree Plus; Protocol Overview - Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual

Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus

Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus
Port Monitoring is supported on the E-Series ExaScale platform with FTOS 8.1.1.0 and later.

Protocol Overview

Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) is a variation of Spanning Tree—developed by a third party—
that allows you to configure a separate Spanning Tree instance for each VLAN. For more information on
Spanning Tree, see
Figure 40-1. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
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