HP ProCurve 5300xl Series Management Manual page 204

Spanning-Tree Operation
802.1D Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP)
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Figure 6-17. The Spanning Tree Operation Screen
4. On the ports and/or trunks you want to use for redundant fast uplink
connections, change the mode to
(using ports A2 and A3) provide the redundant uplinks for STP:
a. Press [E] (for Edit
bar to select Yes
b. Use to move to the Mode field for port A1.
[Tab]
c. Use the Space bar to select
d. Use [v] to move to the Mode field for Trk1.
e. Use the Space bar to select
f. Press to return the cursor to the Actions line.
[Enter]
. In this example, port A1 and Trk1
Uplink
), then enable STP on the switch by using the Space
in the Spanning Tree Enabled field.
as the mode for port A1.
Uplink
as the Mode for Trk1.
Uplink
In this example, ports 2 and 3 have
already been configured as a port
trunk (Trk1), which appears at the end
of the port listing.
All ports (and the trunk) are in their
default STP configuration.
Note: In the actual menu screen, you
must scroll the cursor down the port
list to view the trunk configuration
(ports A2 and A3).