no matter your certification level, this is a must... it'll probably be quite a few years before another...
i got mine two days ago....
below is a post i did over on ccieordie.com
quote of the day, wendell…
here is a nice sample tidbit… you know by default the priority of a switch is 32,768 without the extended system id… when using the root primary macro, the new setting will be 24,576… you also know that priority is set in 4096 increments… but that’s an 8192 difference not 4096… do the math…
For the switch intended to take over as the root if the first switch fails, use the spanning-tree vlan vlan-id root secondary command. This command is much like the spanning-tree vlan vlan-id root primary command, but with a priority value worse than the primary switch but better than all the other switches. This command sets the switch’s base priority to 28,672 regardless of the current root’s current priority value.