A municipal hospital campus still runs classic PVST+ and wants faster reconvergence after a closet uplink failure without redesigning VLAN topology. Which change best addresses that goal?
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Short Explanation
Classic PVST+ is the old traffic light with long yellows. Rapid-PVST+ shortens the wait with RSTP-style handshakes while keeping per-VLAN trees. That’s the upgrade path when the hospital wants faster closet failover without redrawing every VLAN.
Full Explanation
Rapid-PVST+ runs RSTP semantics on a per-VLAN basis, dramatically improving convergence versus classic PVST+ listening and learning delays after an uplink failure. It preserves familiar per-VLAN root and path control without requiring a full Layer-3 access redesign. Disabling STP risks loops, and VTP pruning only reduces flooded VLAN traffic on trunks rather than replacing STP failover. For faster closet reconvergence in place, move to Rapid-PVST+ or evaluate MST if instance scale is the next problem.