PVST

In an STP- or RSTP-enabled LAN, all bridges share one spanning tree. Traffic from all VLANs is forwarded along the spanning tree, and ports cannot be blocked on a per-VLAN basis to prune loops.

PVST allows every VLAN to have its own spanning tree, which increases usage of links and bandwidth. Because each VLAN runs RSTP independently, a spanning tree only serves its VLAN.

A PVST-enabled HPE device can communicate with a third-party device that is running Rapid PVST or PVST. The PVST-enabled HPE device supports fast network convergence like RSTP when connected to PVST-enabled HPE devices or third-party devices enabled with Rapid PVST.