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What is a major difference between PVST and PVST+?

What is a major difference between PVST and PVST+?

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A.
PVST supports dot1q and PVST+ does not.

B.
PVST+ supports 802.1q and ISL.

C.
PVST supports only 802.1q and doesn’t support ISL

D.
PVST+ is an enhancement to the 802.1Q specification and is not supported on non-Cisco devices and PVST uses ISL Trunking.

3 Comments on “What is a major difference between PVST and PVST+?

    1. networkmanagers says:

      The difference between PVST and PVST+ is relative to the standard 802.1q.
      So let’s try to briefly define each one the mentioned concepts :

      802.1q (standard) supports only one single instance of STP
      native VLAN (Common Spanning Tree) – (let’s say channel 1)
      one STP instance – (let’s say channel 2)

      PVST (Cisco proprietary)
      Support one STP instance per each VLAN
      uses ISL trunk only.
      Doesn’t support 802.1q

      PVST+ (Cisco proprietary) Enhance PVST capabilities by allowing to transport PVST over 802.q :
      native VLAN over “Common Spanning Tree” (over channel 1)
      Each per-VLAN STP is encapsulated using a special Multicast MAC and transported (over channel 2)




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