Spatial Reuse with an EAPS Common Link

The common-link topology supports multiple EAPS (Extreme Automatic Protection Switching) domains (spatial reuse) on each ring as shown in EAPS Common Link Topology with Spatial Reuse.

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EAPS Common Link Topology with Spatial Reuse
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Note

Note

If you are using the older method of enabling STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) instead of EAPSv2 to block the super loop in a shared-port environment, you can continue to do so. In all other scenarios, we recommend that you do not use both STP and EAPS on the same port.