> This sounds like a spanning tree issue. To test this you can
> turn on portfast on the switch by running 'spanning-tree
> portfast' on the interfaces that the HP is connected to. My
> rudimentary understanding of spanning tree is that it is an
> inter-switch protocol that provides path negotiation and
> protects against things like network loops. The default
> setting is to prevent packets from being transmitted over the
> port while the spanning tree negotiation takes place. Setting
> portfast tells the switch to transmit packets while the
> negotiation is happening. Be sure to talk to a network admin
> before using something like this on a wide scale.

Why people do not use RSTP? It ensures convergence times order of magnitude
lower even if port is not configured as "portfast".


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DV

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