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Click [Spanning] to view and change Spanning tree protocol settings.
The settings are:
Root Bridge Information
Priority
MAC Address The MAC address of the switch as a unique identi-
Root_Path_Cost When this port is the root port, the path cost is the
Root Port
Max Age
Hello Time
Forward Delay Forward Delay Timer Monitors the time spent by a
The priority is assigned to the switch. The higher
value is lower priority. Range: 0 - 65535
fier to the network.
contribution of the path through this port to the total
cost of the path to the root for this switch.
The port that is closest to the Root Switch. Only one
port on each switch is assigned as the Root Port.
Maximum Age Timer measures the age of the
received protocol information recorded for a port and
ensures that this information is discarded when its
age limit exceeds the value of the maximum age
parameter recorded by the switch. The time-out value
for this timer is the maximum age parameter of the
switches. Range : 10 - 200 sec
Determines how often the switch broadcasts its hello
message to other switches. Range : 1 - 10 sec
port in the learning and listening states. The time-out
value is the forward delay parameter of the switch.
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