Configuring The Bridge Priority Of The Current Switch - H3C S5600 Series Operation Manual

A switch can play different roles in different MSTIs. That is, it can be the root bridges in an MSTI and be
a secondary root bridge in another MSTI at the same time. But in the same MSTI, a switch cannot be
the root bridge and the secondary root bridge simultaneously.
When the root bridge fails or is turned off, the secondary root bridge becomes the root bridge if no new
root bridge is configured. If you configure multiple secondary root bridges for an MSTI, the one with the
smallest MAC address replaces the root bridge when the latter fails.
You can specify the network diameter and the hello time parameters while configuring a root
bridge/secondary root bridge. Refer to
Configuring the MSTP Time-related Parameters
and the hello time parameter.
You can configure a switch as the root bridges of multiple MSTIs. But you cannot configure two or
more root bridges for one MSTI. So, do not configure root bridges for the same MSTI on two or
more switches using the stp root primary command.
You can configure multiple secondary root bridges for one MSTI. That is, you can configure
secondary root bridges for the same MSTI on two or more switches using the stp root secondary
command.
You can also configure the current switch as the root bridge by setting the priority of the switch to 0.
Note that once a switch is configured as the root bridge or a secondary root bridge, its priority
cannot be modified.
Configuration example
# Configure the current switch as the root bridge of MSTI 1 and a secondary root bridge of MSTI 2.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] stp instance 1 root primary
[Sysname] stp instance 2 root secondary

Configuring the Bridge Priority of the Current Switch

Root bridges are selected according to the bridge priorities of switches. You can make a specific switch
be selected as a root bridge by setting a lower bridge priority for the switch. An MSTP-enabled switch
can have different bridge priorities in different MSTIs.
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure the bridge priority of the current switch:
To do...
Enter system view
Set the bridge priority for the
current switch
Configuring the Network Diameter of the Switched Network
for information about the network diameter parameter
Use the command...
system-view
stp [ instance instance-id ]
priority priority
1-19
Remarks
—
Required
The default bridge priority of a
switch is 32,768.
and