Planet FGSW-2840 User Manual page 115

On the switch level, STP calculates the Bridge Identifier for each Managed Switch and then sets the
Root Bridge and the Designated Bridges.
On the port level, STP sets the Root Port and the Designated Ports.
The following are the user-configurable STP parameters for the switch level:
Parameter
Bridge Identifier(Not user
configurable
except by setting priority
below)
Priority
Hello Time
Maximum Age Timer
Forward Delay Timer
The following are the user-configurable STP parameters for the port or port group level:
Variable
Port Priority
Port Cost
Description
A combination of the User-set priority and
the switch's MAC address.
The Bridge Identifier consists of two parts:
a 16-bit priority and a 48-bit Ethernet MAC
address 32768 + MAC.
A relative priority for each switch – lower
numbers give a higher priority and a greater
chance of a given switch being elected as
the root bridge.
The length of time between broadcasts of
the hello message by the switch.
Measures the age of a received BPDU for a
port and ensures that the BPDU is discarded
when its age exceeds the value of the
maximum age timer.
The amount time spent by a port in the
learning and listening states waiting for a
BPDU that may return the port to the
blocking state.
Description
A relative priority for each
port –lower numbers give a higher priority
and a greater chance of a given port being
elected as the root port.
A value used by STP to evaluate paths –
STP calculates path costs and selects the
path with the minimum cost as the active
path.
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Default Value
128
200,000-100Mbps Fast Ethernet ports
20,000-1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
ports
0 - Auto
115
Default Value
32768 + MAC
32768
2 seconds
20 seconds
15 seconds