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Spanning Tree Menu
Option
1. STP state
2. Bridge priority
3. Forwarding delay
4. Message age timer
5. Hello time
6. Show bridge
7. Show ports
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The SPANNING TREE MENU allows the management and display of the 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
parameters.
Note:
For remote bridge/routers in a WAN, the following values set on one bridge/router will be
automatically set the same on all other remote bridge/routers in the WAN. (This is because all
remote bridge/routers function together as one unified bridge).
STP state
Bridge Priority
Forwarding delay
Message age timer
Hello time
If these values are set differently upon start-up, the values set on the bridge/router with the lowest
MAC address will prevail.
1 - STP State
The STP State option toggles between the [enabled] / [disabled] states of the Spanning Tree Protocol for the bridge.
Considerations:
STP needs to be [enabled] only if a known or potential loop is probable in the network.
If the Spanning Tree Protocol is to be [disabled], Options 1, 3, and 5 - 8 have no relevance. Note that Option 4
(Forwarding Delay) is used as the Learning timer in a non-STP configuration.
The default state for STP is disabled.
Menus Reference Manual: Spanning Tree Menu
SPANNING TREE MENU
Value
[enabled]
[32768]
[15 sec]
[20 sec]
[2 sec]
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
Option 5
Option 6
Description
- Enable/disable Spanning Tree Protocol
- Define root bridge selection priority
- Set delay before forwarding begins
- Receive hello message interval
- Set hello message transmission interval
- View bridge STP status
- View STP port status
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