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RSTP Port Cost for a speed of 10 Tbps = ... a) 2 b) 0.2 c) 0.02 d) 0.002

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Final answer:

The correct RSTP port cost for a network speed of 10 Tbps is not standardized, and none of the listed options is officially correct. RSTP port costs for speeds above 10 Gbps are not defined in IEEE standards.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is questioning about the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) and its associated port cost for a network speed of 10 Tbps. In standardized networking, RSTP port costs are predefined values that are used to determine the best path within a network topology. Unfortunately, the official IEEE standard for RSTP does not define port costs for speeds above 10 Gbps, as these were not common when the standards were written.

Given the context, none of the provided answer choices (a) 2, (b) 0.2, (c) 0.02, (d) 0.002 would be considered correct according to the standardized RSTP port costs. Instead, network administrators could assign a theoretical port cost value for 10 Tbps connectivity, which would be lower than any predefined values for slower speeds, but this would be a custom setting rather than a standardized one.

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