Time Settings For The Spanning Tree Protocol - Siemens SCALANCE XC-200 Configuration Manual

6.3.4.14

Time settings for the Spanning Tree protocol

spanning-tree (time settings)
Description
With this command, you configure the various time settings of the spanning tree function:
● With the forward-time option, you configure the time after which a port changes its
spanning tree status from "Blocking" to "Forwarding".
● With the hello-time option, you configure the time after which the bridge sends its
configuration frames (BPDUs).
● With the max-age option, you configure the time after which the information of the BPDUs
becomes invalid.
Requirement
You are in the Global configuration mode.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli(config)#
Syntax
Call up the command with the following parameters:
spanning-tree{forward-time<seconds(4-30)>|hello-time<seconds(1-2)>|
The parameters have the following meaning:
Parameter
forward-time
seconds
hello-time
seconds
max-age
seconds
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max-age<seconds(6-40)>}
Description
Keyword for the time after which a port
changes its spanning tree status from
"Blocking" to "Forwarding"
Time after which the changeover takes
place
Keyword for the time after which the
bridge sends its configuration BPDUs
Time after which they are sent
Keyword for the time after which the in‐
formation of the BPDUs becomes invalid
Maximum age of the BPDUs in seconds 6 ... 40
Network structures
6.3 Spanning Tree
Range of values / note
-
4 ... 30
Default: 15
-
1 ... 2
Default: 2
-
Default: 20
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