Configuring the IntraStack Spanning Tree Protocol - Asante Technologies Switch 6000 Series

Management

Conﬁguring the Spanning Tree Protocol

The IntraStack is shipped with Spanning Tree enabled on all ports.

You can disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack or on an indi- vidual port. You can also conﬁgure the Spanning Tree parameters on the IntraStack.

▲Important: Do not enable, disable, or conﬁgure the Spanning Tree Parameters unless you have knowledge and experience with the IEEE 802.1d speciﬁcation.

Disabling or Enabling Spanning Tree

You can disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack or on an indi- vidual port.

To disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack:

1 Click swAgentSW.

The Switch Agent Software Group table appears.

2 Open the STP drop-down menu and select Disable (to disable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack) or Enable (to enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack).

3 Click Apply.

Spanning Tree is disabled (or enabled) on the IntraStack.

To disable or enable Spanning Tree on a port:

1 Click PortCtrl.

The Port Control table appears, similar to Figure 4-16.

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Asante Technologies 6000 Series user manual Conﬁguring the Spanning Tree Protocol, Disabling or Enabling Spanning Tree

Contents

IntraSpection Personality Module Copyright Notice Table of Contents Management Menus Technical SupportPage Chapter Contents About This Manual Document Conventions Audience IntraSpection Personality Modules IntraStack 6000 Series Personality ModuleDevice Information Personality Module Front Panel Image Management Options Minimum System Requirements ServerClient Page Installation Installing a Personality Module Installation Installing a Personality Module Page Accessing the Device Device Symbol Device Icon Discovered network map Device Page Components Device InformationDevice Information Front Panel Image Personality Module Front Panel Image Group Numbering Selecting the Device for Management Selecting an Item Menu Components TablesTable Columns Buttons Performing Basic Management Functions Conﬁguration TasksManagement Tasks Management Setting Community Strings Map Icon IntraSpection Map Manager Conﬁguring IP Information IP Agent Protocol Group table Conﬁguring Out-of-Band Information Agent Information table Conﬁguring Bootstrap Parameters Conﬁguring Device Identiﬁcation Information Click Identify Updating the Device Click Validate Viewing Port Parameters Click PortInfo Conﬁguring Port Parameters Click AutoNegotiate Conﬁguring Broadcast Filtering Click PortCtrl Conﬁguring Store-and-Forwarding Enabling or Disabling a Port Port Control table Resetting the IntraStack 10 Reset Agent table device reset Managing Trap Receivers Important a maximum of four trap receivers is Deleting a Trap Receiver Entry Viewing the Port Address Table Click MonitorIP Viewing the Port Address Table Performing a Software Upgrade Click swAgentSW Performing a Software Upgrade Management Downloading a Conﬁguration File Management 15 Switch Agent Software Group table Conﬁguring Telnet Idle Time-Out Conﬁguring the Spanning Tree Protocol Disabling or Enabling Spanning Tree Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol Conﬁguring Spanning Tree Parameters Click Spanning Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol Viewing Statistics Viewing Counter Statistics Table Format Viewing Counter Statistics Graph Format 19 Counter Statistics graph format Viewing Packet Statistics Table Format Click PktTable Viewing Packet Statistics Graph Format Click PktGraph Viewing Statistics Page Menu Description Conﬁguration IdentifyAgent IPAgent Reset Menu Description BankImageControl AutoNegoti Menu Description Graph PktTablePktGraph Identify Agent Field Description Baud Rate RevisionModel No FWVersion Major IP Agent Menus SwAgentSW Reset Wait Reset LeftTelnet TimeOut Field Description Image Server SwAgentHW Field Description DRAMSizeFlashRAMSize EEPROMSize SwBasic Field Description TypeBack Plane Type Group Capacity BankImage Field Description IndexMajorVersion MinorVersion Reset ControlField Description Action Field Description Group Number AutoNegotiate Field Description LocalAbility AdvertisedAbilityReceivedAbility RestartAutoConﬁg GroupInfo MonitorIP Field Description IP AddressMacAddress Group PortCtrl Field Description GroupStNFw Field Description PortInfo TrapRecv Field Description StatusTrap Receiver Address Spanning Forward Delay Field Description Maximum AgeHello Time Hold Time Delay Field Description Bridge MaximumAge Bridge Hello Time Filter ForwardingPhysical Address Receive Port Validate Statistics EtherStatsCollisions the total number of collisions Graph PktTable PktGraph Page Contacting Asanté Technical Support Technical Support HoursPage Index Numerics Index-ii Index-iii Index-iv Vlan ID IIS Index-vii Snmp Index-ix Vlanid