Asante Technologies 8000 user manual Current STP Settings

Spanning Tree Protocol

Current STP Settings

The following settings are displayed in the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu, as shown in Figure 4-1.

Setting	Description
STP Status	Whether spanning tree protocol is currently enabled or disabled.
Bridge ID	The Bridge Identifier of this bridge. The first part of the Bridge
	ID is the Bridge Priority. (If the Bridge ID is shown as 8000
	000094EE5080, the 8000 is the Bridge Priority. The remainder
	is the MAC address of this bridge, which cannot be changed.).
Designated Root	The Bridge Identifier of the bridge that is currently the root
	bridge for the spanning tree.
Root Port	The port this bridge will use to forward traffic to the root. If this
	bridge is the root, the root port will be 0.
Root Path Cost	The cost as calculated by the spanning tree for messages to
	reach the root. If this bridge is the root, the cost will be 0.
Hello Time	The value of the timer currently being used by the bridge.
Maximum Age	The value of the maximum age timer currently being used.
Forward Delay	The value of the forward delay timer currently being used.
Bridge Hello Time	The value that will be used by the spanning tree if this bridge
	becomes the root bridge.
Bridge Maximum Age	The value that will be used by the spanning tree if this bridge
	becomes the root bridge.
Bridge Forward Delay	The value that will be used by the spanning tree if this bridge
	becomes the root bridge.

Table 4-1 Spanning Tree Configuration settings

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