diff --git a/pages/user-guide/1500-confirm-hardware.rst b/pages/user-guide/1500-confirm-hardware.rst
index 24ba7ab88..5c43f0108 100644
--- a/pages/user-guide/1500-confirm-hardware.rst
+++ b/pages/user-guide/1500-confirm-hardware.rst
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ that your hardware is configured correctly:
 | network. Fuel acts as a DHCP server for the node       |              |
 | servers configured to network boot using PXE.          |              |
 +--------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
-| Spanning tree protocol (STP) is disabled on switch     |              |
-| ports connected to the node servers’ ports.            |              |
+| Spanning tree is disabled on switch ports connected    |              |
+| to the node servers’ ports or ports are set to         |              |
+| edge/portfast mode.  Edge/portfast mode is the         |              |
+| preferred configuration; it allows the ports to        |              |
+| forward immediately when they are linked up but        |              |
+| listens for network loops for 15 seconds.              |              |
 +--------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
 | There is NO configured tagged VLAN on a switch for the |              |
 | administrative network (to the boot server from PXE)   |              |
@@ -43,14 +47,15 @@ that your hardware is configured correctly:
 | The network equipment supports VLANs.                  |              |
 +--------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
 | It is possible to configure a tagged port on your      |              |
-| switch/switches\*                                      |              |
+| switch/switches.  You need tagged ports in order to    |              |
+| use the Nova-network VLAN Manager or Neutron with      |              |
+| VLAN segmentation.                                     |              |
 +--------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
 | You have permit rules on TCP ports 22 and 8000 on the  |              |
 | firewall for the Fuel server’s IP address (to access   |              |
 | the Fuel server from your PC).                         |              |
 +--------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
 
-.. note:: * You need tagged ports in order to use Nova-network VLAN Manager or Neutron with VLAN segmentation.
 
-If you checked all the boxes in the above table, you are ready to deploy
-Mirantis OpenStack with Fuel.
+If you checked all the boxes in the above table,
+you are ready to deploy Mirantis OpenStack with Fuel.