11-8 CHAPTER 11: ADMINISTERING BRIDGE PORTS

4Enter the new multicast threshold value for the port(s).

 

See the example below:

 

Ethernet port 4 - Enter new value [0]: 400

 

Ethernet port 5 - Enter new value [0]: 400

 

 

Administering

You can enable or disable the Spanning Tree Protocol for one or more ports

STP Bridge Port

on the system. This only affects the operation of the port if the Spanning

Parameters

Tree Protocol is enabled. You can also set the following STP port parameters:

 

path cost and priority. For more information about how Spanning Tree

 

parameters interact at the bridge-port level, see Chapter 5: Transparent

 

Bridging in the SuperStack™ II Switch 2200 Operation Guide.

Enabling and

You can enable and disable the Spanning Tree Protocol for any port in the

Disabling STP

system. When STP is disabled for a port but enabled for the entire bridge, a

on a Port

port does not forward frames or participate in the Spanning Tree algorithm.

 

(See page 10-7 for instructions on enabling STP for the entire bridge.)

 

When STP is disabled for a port as well as for the entire bridge, the port will

 

continue to forward frames.

Default value

Top-Level Menu

system

ethernet display summary

fddi ipFragmentation detail

bridge ipxSnapTranslation multicastLimit

ip

addressThreshold

stpState

snmp

agingTimestpCost

analyzer

stpState

script

stpPriority stpPriority

stpMaxAgeaddress

logout

stpHelloTime

 

 

stpForwardDelay

 

stpGroupAddress

port packetFilter

By default the Spanning Tree state value on a port is the same as the Spanning Tree state value set for the bridge.

To enable or disable STP on a port:

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

bridge port stpState

You are prompted for the port type.

2Enter Ethernet, FDDI, or all.

You are prompted for the port number(s).

3Enter the number(s) of the port(s) or all to enable or disable all ports for the Spanning Tree Protocol.

You are prompted for a new value for each port you specified.

4Enter enabled or disabled at the prompts.

Page 131
Image 131
3Com 2200 manual STP Bridge Port, Enabling, Disabling STP, On a Port, Continue to forward frames