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pdjhh
Aug 20, 2023Tutor
Storm control rate actions
Hi there. I replaced some tplink switchesd with insight manageable 24 and 48 port switches (plus sfps). There are 5 vlans across this whole network but when I put the netgears across a particular...
schumaku
Aug 21, 2023Guru - Experienced User
It would be purely on loop conditions, where STP, RSTP, or ideally MSTP would become active if ports (or correctly spoken links) will be shutdown. Be careful on deploying these, especially with devices from multiple vendors in the play.
- pdjhhAug 22, 2023Tutor
I was thinking about it though and stp will put the port into blocking rather than 'down' won't it. And this could be per vlan (well it is in cisco). So for me to physically see no link light on the fibre port what could cause that? Is it only a physical problem?
- schumakuAug 22, 2023Guru - Experienced User
The physical links remain up, regardless of the STP or RSTP status.
- pdjhhAug 22, 2023Tutor
Thanks for confirming. Are there any scenarios where the switch can disable the port so that the link light goes off or if the link is down does that mean it is definately a physical error?
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