Changing Stp Bridge And Port Parameters - HP ProCurve 9304M Installation And Configuration Manual

Installation and Basic Configuration Guide
NOTE: For information about the Single and Fast checkboxes, see "Single Spanning Tree (SSTP)" on
page 8-62 and "Fast Uplink Span" on page 8-21.
3. Click Apply to save the changes to the device's running-config file.
4. Select the Save link at the bottom of the dialog. Select Yes when prompted to save the configuration change
to the startup-config file on the device's flash memory.
Enabling or Disabling STP in a Port-Based VLAN
Use the following procedure to disable or enable STP on a device on which you have configured a port-based
VLAN. Changing the STP state in a VLAN affects only that VLAN.
USING THE CLI
To enable STP for all ports in a port-based VLAN, enter commands such as the following:
HP9300(config)# vlan 10
HP9300(config-vlan-10)# spanning-tree
Syntax: [no] spanning-tree
USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
You cannot enable or disable STP on individual VLANs using the Web management interface.
Enabling or Disabling STP on an Individual Port
Use the following procedure to disable or enable STP on an individual port.
NOTE: If you change the STP state of the primary port in a trunk group, the change affects all ports in the trunk
group.
USING THE CLI
To enable STP on an individual port, enter commands such as the following:
HP9300(config)# interface 1/1
HP9300(config-if-1/1)# spanning-tree
Syntax: [no] spanning-tree
USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
You cannot enable or disable STP on individual ports using the Web management interface.

Changing STP Bridge and Port Parameters

Table 8.2 on page 8-2 and Table 8.3 on page 8-3 list the default STP parameters. If you need to change the
default value for an STP parameter, use the following procedures.
Changing STP Bridge Parameters
To change STP bridge parameters, use either of the following methods.
NOTE: If you plan to change STP bridge timers, HP recommends that you stay within the following ranges, from
section 8.10.2 of the IEEE STP specification.
2 * (forward_delay -1) >= max_age
max_age >= 2 * (hello_time +1 )
USING THE CLI
To change an HP device's STP bridge priority to the highest value to make the device the root bridge, enter the
following command:
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