3Com 10002211 manual bridge stpFollowLinkState, enabled, disabled, bridge port summary

12COREBUILDER 6000 EXTENDED SWITCHING SOFTWARE REVISION 8.2.3

Top-Level Menu
system	display
ethernet
	mode
fddi
	lowLatency
tokenring
	ipFragmentation
➧bridge
	ipxSnapTranslation
ip
	trFddiMode
snmp
	addressThreshold
analyzer
	agingTime
script
	stpState
logout
	➧stpFollowLinkState
	stpPriority
	stpMaxAge
	stpHelloTime
	stpForwardDelay
	stpGroupAddress
	srBridgeNumber
	port
	packetFilter
	vlan

Enabling and Disabling STP Transitions on linkState Changes

The menu item stpFollowLinkState has been added. It allows you to enable or disable Spanning Tree transitions on linkState changes. The default is enabled.

■ When enabled and the link goes down, stpState transitions to disabled. If the link comes up, Spanning Tree moves through its normal states.

■ When disabled, the link state has no effect on the stpState. If the link goes down, the stpState remains in its current state.

If you are a Windows 95 client and directly connected to a CoreBuilder 6000 and running IPX, you must disable stpFollowLinkState. If you are not a Windows 95 client, do nothing.

To enable or disable Spanning Tree transitions:

1 From the top level of the Administration console, enter:

bridge stpFollowLinkState

2To enable Spanning Tree transitions, enter:

enabled

To disable Spanning Tree transitions, enter:

disabled

Displaying Bridge Information

Top-Level Menu system

ethernet	modedisplay	➧summary
fddi		➧detail
tokenring	lowLatency
		multicastLimit
➧bridge	ipFragmentation
		stpState
ip		stpCost
snmp	trFddiMode
		stpPriority
analyzer	agingTimesrRingNumber
script	stpState	srHopLimit
logout	stpPriority address

stpMaxAge stpHelloTime stpForwardDelay stpGroupAddress srBridgeNumber

➧port packetFilter vlan

You can display the current setting for stpFollowLinkState. The display includes bridge statistics (such as topology change information) and configurations for the bridge.

To display the bridge information:

1From the top level of the Administration console, enter:

bridge port summary

OR

bridge port detail

The system prompts you for slot number(s).