Configuring A Secondary Root Switch - Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual

Configuring MSTP Features
To return the switch to its default setting, use the no spanning-tree mst instance-id root global
configuration command.

Configuring a Secondary Root Switch

When you configure a Catalyst 2950 or Catalyst 2955 switch that supports the extended system ID as
the secondary root, the spanning-tree switch priority is modified from the default value (32768) to
28672. The switch is then likely to become the root switch for the specified instance if the primary root
switch fails. This is assuming that the other network switches use the default switch priority of 32768
and therefore are unlikely to become the root switch. For Catalyst 2950 switches without the extended
system ID support (software earlier than Cisco IOS Release 12.1(9)EA1), the switch priority is changed
to 16384.
You can execute this command on more than one switch to configure multiple backup root switches. Use
the same network diameter and hello-time values that you used when you configured the primary root
switch with the spanning-tree mst instance-id root primary global configuration command.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure a switch as the secondary root
switch. This procedure is optional.
Command
Step 1 configure terminal
Step 2
spanning-tree mst instance-id root
secondary [diameter net-diameter
[hello-time seconds]]
Step 3 end
Step 4 show spanning-tree mst instance-id
Step 5 copy running-config startup-config
To return the switch to its default setting, use the no spanning-tree mst instance-id root global
configuration command.
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Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Configure a switch as the secondary root switch.
• For instance-id, you can specify a single instance, a range of
instances separated by a hyphen, or a series of instances
separated by a comma. The range is 0 to 15.
(Optional) For diameter net-diameter, specify the maximum
•
number of switches between any two end stations. The range is 2
to 7. This keyword is available only for MST instance 0.
(Optional) For hello-time seconds, specify the interval in
•
seconds between the generation of configuration messages by
the root switch. The range is 1 to 10 seconds; the default
is 2 seconds.
Use the same network diameter and hello-time values that you used
when configuring the primary root switch. See the
Root Switch" section on page
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Verify your entries.
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
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