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Spanning Tree Protocol configuration
7.
8. Enter the number of seconds a root bridge waits before it sends the next BPDU in the Hello
9. Enter the number of seconds a bridge waits for a hello packet from the root bridge before
10. Enter the interval after which the port will be enabled in the Re-enable Port Interval field. The
11. Click the Re-enable Port State check box to enable the timeout mechanism for the port.
12. Select the Path Cost behavior option (Standard or Custom).
13. Specify the number of hops in a region before the Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) are
14. Enter MSTP in the Region field.
15. Enter the revision number for the configuration in the Revision field. The values ranges from 0
16. Click OK to launch the Deploy STP dialog box.
Assigning an MSTP instance to a VLAN
NOTE
For Brocade 8000 switches, you can configure from 1 through 15 MSTP instances; for the Brocade
converged 10 GbE switch module for the IBM BladeCenter, you can configure from 1 through 31
MSTP instances.
1. Click the STP button on the VLAN Manager dialog box to display the STP Configuration dialog
2. Select a VLAN node (in this example, a FOS node) in the Selected VLANs list, and click the left
3. Select MSTP from the Spanning Tree list.
4. Select one instance from the Available MSTP Instances list and, using the right arrow button,
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Enter the number of seconds a bridge waits (the listen and learn period) before it begins to
forward data packets in the Forward Delay field. The values range from 4 through 30 seconds.
The default is 15 seconds.
Time field. The values range from 1 through 10 seconds. The default is 2 seconds.
initiating a topology change in the Max. Age field. The values range from 6 through 40 seconds.
The default is 20 seconds.
value ranges from 10 through 1000000. The default is 300.
discarded and the information held for a port is aged in the Max Hops field. The hop count
determines when to trigger a reconfiguration. The value ranges from 1 through 40. The default
is 20.
through 255. The default is 0.
box.
arrow button.
The target is automatically set to FOS VLAN in the Target Context list.
The STP Configuration dialog box displays the Available MSTP Instances list.
assign it to a VLAN in the Selected VLANs list.
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