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How to avoid looping as PaloAlto will not participate in STP when used in L2 mode?

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How to avoid looping as PaloAlto will not participate in STP when used in L2 mode?

L4 Transporter

Hi All,.

Kindly help me,

How to avoid looping as PaloAlto will not participate in STP when used in L2 mode. Below is the topology.

sw1--------------------sw2------------ router

|                           |

|                           |

Sw3-------------------PaloAlto in L2 mode -------------------client pc

Note: PaloAlto has configured in L2 mode not in Vwire mode.

Regards,

Gururaj

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L4 Transporter

implement only the STP on your swithes. that all

L5 Sessionator

Not participate ok but if you are using vWire, Palo is transaprent to stp then if it's impelment on your switches it will be ok.

V.

L6 Presenter

Hi Gururaj,

Its very interesting question, Vwire is just a bump in cable, it pass through all Spanning-tree packets.

Topology without Vwire

SW1------------------------SW2

|                                         |

|                                         |

SW3------------------------SW4

Topology with Vwire

SW1-------------Vwire1(PAN)Vwire1-------SW2

|                                                                   |

|                                                                   |

SW1-------------Vwire2(PAN)Vwire2-------SW2

Vwire pass through all STP packets from one interface to other, its just a bump in cable. Basically it doesnt change STP Functionality.

if one interface goes down in Vwire then other goes down immediately, So there is no chance of Spanning Tree loop.

Regards,

Hardik Shah

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