Configuring Rapid Reconfiguration Spanning Tree (Rstp); Overview - HP ProCurve 5300xl Series Management Manual

RSTP Feature
Viewing the RSTP/STP configuration
enable/disable RSTP/STP
(RSTP is selected as the default protocol)
reconfiguring whole-switch values
reconfiguring per-port values
Configuring Rapid Reconfiguration
Spanning Tree (RSTP)
This section describes the operation of the IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree
Protocol (RSTP).

Overview

Protocol Version: RSTP
Force Version:
Switch Priority:
Hello Time:
Max Age:
Forward Delay:
Path Cost:
Priority:
Edge Port:
Point-to-point:
MCheck:
As indicated in the manual, the spanning tree protocol is used to ensure that
only one active path at a time exists between any two end nodes in the network
in which your switch is installed. Multiple paths cause a loop in the network
over which broadcast and multicast messages are repeated continuously,
which floods the network with traffic creating a broadcast storm.
In networks where there is more than one physical path between any two
nodes, enabling spanning tree ensures a single active path between two such
nodes by selecting the one most efficient path and blocking the other redun­
dant paths. If a switch or bridge in the path becomes disables, spanning tree
activates the necessary blocked segments to create the next most efficient
path.

Configuring Rapid Reconfiguration Spanning Tree (RSTP)

Default
n/a
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disabled page 6-18
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RSTP-operation
8
2 s
20 s
15 s
depends on port
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type
8
Yes
Force-true
Yes
Spanning-Tree Operation
Menu CLI
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Web
n/a
n/a
n/a
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