External-Cost (Mstp) - Cisco ASR 9000 Series Reference Manual

Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Commands

external-cost (MSTP)

To set the external path cost on the current port, use the external-cost command in MSTP interface
configuration submode.
external-cost cost
Syntax Description
cost
Command Default
The default path cost depends on the speed of the link.
Command Modes
MSTP interface configuration
Command History
Release
Release 3.7.1
Usage Guidelines
To use this command, you must be in a user group associated with a task group that includes appropriate task
IDs. If the user group assignment is preventing you from using a command, contact your AAA administrator
for assistance.
Task ID
Task ID
interface
Examples
The following example shows how to set the external cost to 10000:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router:router(config-mstp-if)# external-cost 10000
Related Commands
Command
debug spanning-tree mst packet, on page 479
debug spanning-tree mst protocol-state, on
page 481
interface (MSTP), on page 525
Port cost. Range is 1 to 200000000.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router VPN and Ethernet Services Command Reference, Release
Modification
This command was introduced.
Operations
read, write
Description
Enables debugging for sent and received MSTP packets.
Enables debugging protocol-state changes such as port role or
state changes, topology change notification.
Enters the MSTP interface configuration submode, and enables
STP for the specified port.
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