Set Spantree Portcost - Enterasys Matrix E1 1G694-13 Configuration Manual

Spanning Tree Configuration
Reviewing and Setting Spanning Tree Port Parameters
5.2.2.6

set spantree portcost

Use this command to assign a cost value to a Spanning Tree port. This parameter is used to
determine the best path between Spanning Tree devices. Therefore, lower values should be assigned
to ports attached to faster media, and higher values assigned to ports with slower media.
set spantree portcost port_string cost
NOTE: Port cost takes precedence over port priority (set spantree portpri). The cost
to the root is updated by each bridge at the root.
Syntax Description
port_string
cost
Command Defaults
None.
Command Mode
Read-Write.
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Specifies the port(s) to which to assign a cost value. For a
detailed description of possible port_string values, refer to
Section 4.1.2.
Specifies a cost value. Ranges are:
•
0 to use the port default value. (Use the show spantree
stats [port port-string] command as described in
Section 5.2.1.1 to display the actual port cost values
.)
currently in use
•
1 to 65535 with legacy path cost enabled.
•
1 to 200000000 with legacy path cost disabled.
If the link is part of a trunk, the sum of all link speeds in the
trunk should be used as the cost value.
For details on the set legacypathcost command, refer to
Section 5.2.1.12.