Asante Technologies 6200 manual Spanning Tree Configuration Menu Settings

Table 7-1	Spanning Tree Configuration Menu Settings
Setting	Description
Switch ID	The identification number of the IntraSwitch. This
	value cannot be changed.
STP Status	The status of Spanning Tree on the IntraSwitch.
	Enabled — Spanning Tree is enabled.
	Disabled — Spanning Tree is disabled.
Switch	The priority value for this IntraSwitch switch.
Priority	The switch with the lowest priority value in a Spanning
	Tree becomes the root bridge.
Maximum	Determines how long the switch waits before trying to
Age	re-configure the network when it is the Root Bridge.
	If the switch has not received a BPDU within the time
	specified, it will try to reconfigure the STP topology.
	The default value is 20 seconds. The range of
	permitted values is between 6 and 40 seconds.
	Increasing the value of the Hello timer and the
	Maximum Age timer together may reduce the amount
	of traffic on a stable network. However, the bridge
	processes information about changes to available
	paths more slowly. As a result, when a change occurs,
	it takes longer for the bridge to adjust.
Hello Time	Controls the frequency at which the switch sends a
	BPDU or “hello” packet.
	The default value is 2 seconds. (This causes the switch
	to broadcast a BPDU packet every two seconds.)
	The range of permitted values is between 1 and 10
	seconds.
	Increasing the value of the Hello timer may reduce the
	number of BPDU packets transmitted on the network
	and may make the network less responsive to change.

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