Dell PowerConnect 5324 User Manual page 242

Last Topology Change — The amount of time that has elapsed since the bridge was initialized or
reset, and the last topographic change occurred. The time is displayed in a day hour minute second
format, for example,
Defining STP Global Parameters
1
Open the STP Global Settings page.
2
Select the port that needs to be enabled from the Select a Port drop-down menu.
3
Select Enable in the Spanning Tree State field.
4
Select the STP mode in the STP Operation Mode field, and define the bridge settings.
5
Click Apply Changes.
STP is enabled on the device.
Modifying STP Global Parameters
1
Open the STP Global Settings 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 STP Global Settings page.
Table 7-60. STP Global Parameter CLI Commands
CLI Command
spanning-tree
spanning-tree mode {stp | rstp}
spanning-tree priority priority
spanning-tree hello-time seconds
spanning-tree max-age seconds
spanning-tree forward-time
seconds
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hour minutes and
Description
Enables spanning tree functionality.
Configures the spanning tree protocol.
Configures the spanning tree priority.
Configures the spanning tree bridge Hello
Time, which is how often the
broadcasts Hello messages to other
switches.
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.
seconds.
device