Stp Monitor Functions; Viewing Stp Domain Properties From Pop-Up Menus; Displaying Stp Domain Information - Extreme Networks EPICenter Reference Manual

The Spanning Tree Monitor
device polling to detect these types of changes. However, device polling by default is only done every
90 minutes, so if you want STP status updated more frequently, you may want to group your STP
devices into their own device group and change the polling interval to a more appropriate interval.
For more details on STP, see the ExtremeWare Software User Guide.

STP Monitor Functions

The STP Monitor feature does not provide any feature-specific menus. The four standard menus are
available (EPICenter, Display, Tools and Help) but none of the commands on the Tools menu are
available.
For information on the standard EPICenter menu functions, see

Viewing STP Domain Properties from Pop-Up Menus

You can select an STP domain, VLAN, or a device in the Component Tree, then right-click to display a
pop-up menu that contains commands relevant to the selected device or device group.
See "Right-Click Pop-Up Menus" on page 38
The contents of a pop-up menu depends on the type of item you have selected in the Component Tree.
If you select a specific STP domain or VLAN, the pop-up menu provides a Properties command.
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If you select a device, all the commands shown in
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Table 65: Pop-Up Menu Commands
Device >
Macros >
Properties

Displaying STP Domain Information

Click the STP button in the EPICenter Navigation Toolbar to run the Spanning Tree Monitor module.
The STP Domains window appears, as shown in
544
for basic information about using pop-up menus.
Same as the Device command from the Tools menu. Provides a submenu of commands:
Alarms, Sync, Telnet, Viewer, VLANs, Device Manager. See
page 39for a description of each command.
Same as the Macros command from the Tools menu. See
page 41 for more information.
Same as the Properties command from the Display menu.
• If a VLAN is selected, this opens the VLAN Properties window. See
on page 341 for more information.
• For an STP domain, this opens the STP Properties window. See
page 550 for more information.
"EPICenter Menus" on page
Table 65 are available.
Figure 275.
32.
"The Device Sub-Menu" on
"The Macros Sub-Menu" on
"VLAN Properties"
"STP Properties" on
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