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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Specify the current device as the
root bridge of a spanning tree
stp [ instance instance-id ] root primary
[ bridge-diameter bridgenumber [ hello-time
centi-seconds ] ]
Required
Specify the current device as the secondary root bridge of a spanning tree
Follow these steps to specify the current device as the secondary root bridge of a spanning tree:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Specify the current device as
the secondary root bridge of a
specified spanning tree
stp [ instance instance-id ] root secondary
[ bridge-diameter bridgenumber [ hello-time
centi-seconds ] ]
Required
Using the stp root primary/stp root secondary command, you can specify the current device as the
root bridge or the secondary root bridge of the spanning tree instance identified by the instance-id
argument. If the value of the instance-id argument is set to 0, the stp root primary/stp root secondary
command specify the current device as the root bridge or the secondary root bridge of the CIST.
A device can play different roles in different spanning tree instances. That is, it can be the root bridges in
a spanning tree instance and be a secondary root bridge in another spanning tree instance at the same
time. But in the same spanning tree instance, a device cannot be the root bridge and the secondary root
bridge simultaneously.
When the root bridge fails or is turned off, the secondary root bridge becomes the root bridge if no new
root bridge is configured. If you configure multiple secondary root bridges for a spanning tree instance,
the one with the smallest MAC address replaces the root bridge when the latter fails.
You can specify the network diameter and the hello time parameters while configuring a root
bridge/secondary root bridge. Refer to Configuring the Network Diameter of the Switched Network and
Configuring the MSTP Time-related Parameters for information about the network diameter parameter
and the hello time parameter.