GE Multinet 4 Instruction Manual page 131

CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Field Name
Protocol: Select whether or not to run the Spanning Tree Protocol. This
parameter can take one of the following values:
Default value = disabled
Priority: Used by the IEEE 802.1d spanning tree algorithm to determine
the root of the interconnected network. Bridge priority provides
a means of assigning relative priority to each bridge within the
set of bridges in the bridged LAN.
Valid range = 0-65535
Default value = 32768
Numerically lower values indicate higher priorities.
Hello Time: The amount of time between the transmission of configuration
BPDUs on any port.
Valid range = 1-10 seconds
Default value = 2 seconds
Forward Delay: Controls how long the bridge waits after any state or topology
change before forwarding the information to the network.
Valid range = 4-30 seconds
Default value = 15 seconds
Maximum Age: Specifies the age of STP information learned from the network
on any port before it is discarded.
Valid range = 6-40 seconds
Default value = 20 seconds
Cost Style: Specifies whether 16-bit (STP-style) or 32-bit (RSTP-style) path
cost values are used. This parameter can take one of the
following values:
Default value = 16-bit
Table 4–37: RSTP: Bridge Settings
Field Value
• Enabled
• Disabled
• 32-bit
• 16-bit
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