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Asante Technologies 5324 Spanning Tree Parameter Settings, Setting Description Switch ID

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Configure Spanning Tree Parameters

Table 5-9 Spanning Tree Parameter Settings

 

 

 

Setting

Description

 

 

 

 

Switch ID

The identification number of the IntraSwitch.

 

This value cannot be changed.

Bridge Max Age

The Maximum Age timer; determines how

 

long the switch retains information received

 

from BPDU (bridging Protocol Data Unit)

 

packets.

 

The default value is 20 seconds. This value

 

cannot be changed.

Bridge Hello Time

The Hello timer; controls the frequency at

 

which the switch sends a BPDU or “hello”

 

packet.

 

BPDU packets provide information to the

 

Spanning Tree bridges about the configuration

 

of the Spanning Tree network.

 

The default value is 2 seconds. (This causes

 

the switch to broadcast a BPDU packet every

 

two seconds.) This value cannot be changed.

Bridge Forward Delay

The number of seconds a bridge must wait

 

before it changes a link from a listening state

 

to a learning state and before it changes the

 

link from a learning state to a forwarding state.

 

The default value is 15 seconds. (This means

 

that after a link [or the entire switch] goes

 

down and connectivity is re-established, the

 

switch waits approximately 30 seconds [twice

 

the default value] before it begins to forward

 

traffic again. This value cannot be changed.

 

 

 

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5324 specifications

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