Asante Technologies Managing the IntraStack Spanning Tree Protocol for Your Network

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Management

Conﬁguring the Spanning Tree Protocol

The IntraStack is shipped with Spanning Tree enabled on all ports.

You can disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack or on an indi- vidual port. You can also conﬁgure the Spanning Tree parameters on the IntraStack.

▲Important: Do not enable, disable, or conﬁgure the Spanning Tree Parameters unless you have knowledge and experience with the IEEE 802.1d speciﬁcation.

Disabling or Enabling Spanning Tree

You can disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack or on an indi- vidual port.

To disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack:

1 Click swAgentSW.

The Switch Agent Software Group table appears.

2 Open the STP drop-down menu and select Disable (to disable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack) or Enable (to enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack).

3 Click Apply.

Spanning Tree is disabled (or enabled) on the IntraStack.

To disable or enable Spanning Tree on a port:

1 Click PortCtrl.

The Port Control table appears, similar to Figure 4-16.

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Contents IntraSpection Personality Module Copyright Notice Table of Contents Management Menus Technical SupportPage Chapter Contents About This ManualDocument Conventions AudienceIntraSpection Personality Modules IntraStack 6000 Series Personality ModuleDevice Information Personality Module Front Panel Image Management Options Minimum System Requirements ServerClient Page Installation Installing a Personality ModuleInstallation Installing a Personality Module Page Accessing the Device Device Symbol Device Icon Discovered network mapDevice Page Components Device InformationDevice Information Front Panel Image Personality Module Front Panel Image Group NumberingSelecting the Device for Management Selecting an ItemMenu Components TablesTable Columns ButtonsPerforming Basic Management Functions Conﬁguration TasksManagement Tasks Management Setting Community Strings Map IconIntraSpection Map Manager Conﬁguring IP Information IP Agent Protocol Group tableConﬁguring Out-of-Band Information Agent Information tableConﬁguring Bootstrap Parameters Conﬁguring Device Identiﬁcation Information Click IdentifyUpdating the Device Click ValidateViewing Port Parameters Click PortInfoConﬁguring Port Parameters Click AutoNegotiateConﬁguring Broadcast Filtering Click PortCtrlConﬁguring Store-and-Forwarding Enabling or Disabling a Port Port Control tableResetting the IntraStack 10 Reset Agent table device resetManaging Trap Receivers Important a maximum of four trap receivers isDeleting a Trap Receiver Entry Viewing the Port Address Table Click MonitorIPViewing the Port Address Table Performing a Software Upgrade Click swAgentSWPerforming a Software Upgrade Management Downloading a Conﬁguration File Management 15 Switch Agent Software Group table Conﬁguring Telnet Idle Time-OutConﬁguring the Spanning Tree Protocol Disabling or Enabling Spanning TreeConfiguring the Spanning Tree Protocol Conﬁguring Spanning Tree Parameters Click SpanningConfiguring the Spanning Tree Protocol Viewing Statistics Viewing Counter Statistics Table FormatViewing Counter Statistics Graph Format 19 Counter Statistics graph format Viewing Packet Statistics Table Format Click PktTableViewing Packet Statistics Graph Format Click PktGraphViewing Statistics Page Menu Description Conﬁguration IdentifyAgent IPAgentReset Menu Description BankImageControl AutoNegotiMenu Description Graph PktTablePktGraph Identify Agent Field Description Baud Rate RevisionModel No FWVersion MajorIP Agent Menus SwAgentSW Reset Wait Reset LeftTelnet TimeOut Field Description Image ServerSwAgentHW Field Description DRAMSizeFlashRAMSize EEPROMSizeSwBasic Field Description TypeBack Plane Type Group CapacityBankImage Field Description IndexMajorVersion MinorVersionReset ControlField Description Action Field Description Group NumberAutoNegotiate Field Description LocalAbility AdvertisedAbilityReceivedAbility RestartAutoConﬁgGroupInfo MonitorIP Field Description IP AddressMacAddress GroupPortCtrl Field Description GroupStNFw Field Description PortInfo TrapRecv Field Description StatusTrap Receiver AddressSpanning Forward Delay Field Description Maximum AgeHello Time Hold TimeDelay Field Description Bridge MaximumAge Bridge Hello TimeFilter ForwardingPhysical Address Receive PortValidate StatisticsEtherStatsCollisions the total number of collisions Graph PktTable PktGraph Page Contacting Asanté Technical Support Technical Support HoursPage Index NumericsIndex-ii Index-iii Index-iv Vlan ID IIS Index-vii Snmp Index-ix Vlanid