Aricent RSTP/MSTP is a portable software implementation of the Spanning Tree Algorithm including Rapid Spanning Tree and Multiple Spanning Tree support. The software is portable to different operating systems and switch hardware using well-defined external interfaces. Aricent RSTP/MSTP has provision for supporting Link aggregation and Port authentication. It provides comprehensive management capabilities.

Figure 1. Aricent RSTP/MSTP Architecture

Features :

• Implements the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol for Rapid Recovery (802.1D), supporting recovery in the order of less than a second.
• Supports Multiple Spanning Tree Instances (802.1s) to enable more than one forwarding path by associating one or more VLAN Ids to each of the spanning tree Instance.
• RSTP and MSTP bridges are designed to flexibly interoperate with bridges running in STP/RSTP/MSTP modes.
• Supports High-Availability redundancy (Optional).
• Supports all features specified in the draft MIB for RSTP.
• Requires minimum efforts, during integration with external modules (Port Based Network Access Control, Link Aggregation and VLAN/GARP).
• Generic set of NP APIs are provided for all the components of RSTP/MSTP for effortless integration with Switch Hardware
• Can be easily integrated with different types of switch hardware from various vendors.
• Provides support for configuration and management through SNMP and CLI.
• Conforms to Future Software Architecture for Portability (FSAP2), thus ensuring a highly portable code, which uses flexible buffer and timer management libraries.

Benefits :

Aricent RSTP/MSTP reduces the time to market for OEMs and VARs who wish to incorporate the RSTP/MSTP functionality into their switching/routing devices.

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