Table 4-8. SHOW SPANTREE Command Attributes (Continued)

Attribute

Description

 

 

Listen Time (sec)

The amount of time (in seconds) that bridges will

 

wait for the Root Bridge to send out its Multicast

 

address packet (hello packet) when this bridge is

 

root.

 

 

Spantree Hello

This is the destination address of the Root

Address

Bridge's Muticast address packet (hello packet).

 

This packet is sent to all other bridges to let them

 

know the root is still active.

 

 

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