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Configuration procedure

Follow these steps to configure the timeout time factor:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view
Configure the timeout time
factor for the switch stp timer-factor number
Required
The timeout time factor defaults
to 3.
For a steady network, the timeout time can be five to seven times of the hello time.

Configuration example

# Configure the timeout time factor to be 6.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] stp timer-factor 6
Configuring the Maximum Transmitting Rate on the Current Port
The maximum transmitting rate of a port specifies the maximum number of configuration BPDUs a port
can transmit in a period specified by the hello time parameter. It depends on the physical state of the
port and network structure. You can configure this parameter according to the network.

Configure the maximum transmitting rate for specified ports in system view

Follow these steps to configure the maximum transmitting rate for specified ports in system view:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view
Configure the maximum
transmitting rate for specified
ports
stp interface interface-list
transmit-limit packetnum
Required
The maximum transmitting rate
of all Ethernet ports on a switch
defaults to 10.

Configure the maximum transmitting rate in Ethernet port view

Follow these steps to configure the maximum transmitting rate in Ethernet port view:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view
Enter Ethernet port view interface interface-type
interface-number
Configure the maximum
transmitting rate stp transmit-limit packetnum
Required
The maximum transmitting rate
of all Ethernet ports on a switch
defaults to 10.