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Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User's Guide
STA parameters
Bridge Priority
Hello Time
Max. Age Time
Forward Delay
Enable / Disable
Port Priority
Port Trunking
Port trunking is used to combine a number of ports together to make
a single high-bandwidth data pipeline. The participating parts are
called members of a trunk group, with one port designated as the
anchor of the group. Since all members of the trunk group must be
configured to operate in the same manner, all settings changes made
to the anchor port are applied to all members of the trunk group.
40
Settings
lower the #,
Increases chance of
higher the
becoming the Root
priority
Bridge
1 - 10 sec.
No effect, if not
Root Bridge
6 - 40 sec.
Compete for Root
Bridge, if BPDU is
not received
4 - 30 sec.
High # delays the
change in state
Port Level STA parameters
Enable /
Enable or disable
Disable
this LAN segment
lower the #,
Increases chance of
higher the
become Root Port
priority
Table 5-1. User-selective STA parameters
Effects
Avoid, if the switch is
used in workgroup level
of a large network
Never set greater than
Max. Age Time
Avoid low number for
unnecessary reset of
Root Bridge
Max. Age
(Forward Delay - 1)
Max. Age
Time + 1)
Disable a port for
security or problem
isolation
Switch Management Concepts
Comment
2 x
2 x (Hello
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