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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view
Configure the network diameter
of the switched network
stp bridge-diameter
bridgenumber
Required
The default network diameter of
a network is 7.
The network diameter parameter indicates the size of a network. The bigger the network diameter is,
the larger the network size is.
After you configure the network diameter of a switched network, an MSTP-enabled device adjusts its
hello time, forward delay, and max age settings accordingly to better values.
The network diameter setting only applies to CIST; it is invalid for MSTIs.
Configuration example
# Configure the network diameter of the switched network to 6.
<device> system-view
[device] stp bridge-diameter 6
Configuring the MSTP Time-related Parameters
Three MSTP time-related parameters exist: forward delay, hello time, and max age. You can configure
the three parameters to control the process of spanning tree calculation.
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure MSTP time-related parameters:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view
Configure the forward
delay parameter
stp timer forward-delay
centiseconds
Required
The forward delay parameter defaults to
1,500 centiseconds (namely, 15
seconds).
Configure the hello time
parameter
stp timer hello
centiseconds
Required
The hello time parameter defaults to 200
centiseconds (namely, 2 seconds).
Configure the max age
parameter
stp timer max-age
centiseconds
Required
The max age parameter defaults to 2,000
centiseconds (namely, 20 seconds).
All devices in a switched network adopt the three time-related parameters configured on the CIST root
bridge.