Dell PowerConnect 3424 User Manual page 276

Defining STP Global Parameters
1
Open the page.
2
Select Enable in the Spanning Tree State field.
3
Select the STP mode in the STP Operation Mode field, and define the bridge settings.
4
Click Apply Changes.
STP is enabled on the device.
Modifying STP Global Parameters
1
Open the page.
2
Define the fields in the dialog.
3
Click Apply Changes.
The STP parameters are modified, and the device is updated.
Defining STP Global Parameters Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for defining STP global parameters
as displayed in the Spanning Tree Global Settings page.
Table 7-74. STP Global Parameter CLI Commands
CLI Command
spanning-tree
spanning-tree mode {stp
| rstp | mstp}
spanning-tree priority
priority
spanning-tree hello-time
seconds
spanning-tree max-age
seconds
spanning-tree forward-
time seconds
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Configuring Switch Information
Description
Enables spanning tree functionality.
Configures the mode of the spanning tree
protocol.
Configures the spanning tree priority.
Configures the spanning tree bridge Hello
Time, which is how often the device
broadcasts Hello messages to other devices.
Configures the spanning tree bridge
maximum age.
Configures the spanning tree bridge forward
time, which is the amount of time a port
remains in the listening and learning states
before entering the forwarding state.