7-12 User Guide for the Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, v6.1
Chapter 7
Priority Priority of the bridge as hexidecimal value.
The valid range for this field is 0x0000 (0) to 0xF000
(61,440) in increments of 0x1000 (4,096). The default
setting is 0x8000 (32,768).
Note: When you upgrade the switch from v5.x
application software to v6.x, all bridge
priorities are reset to the default setting of
0x8000. Bridge priorities from earlier versions
of software are not preserved.
Bridge Max Age The maximum amount of time that the bridge retains
bridging information. When the maximum age expires,
the bridge assumes it has lost connection to the network
and sends out requests to be readded to the spanning
tree.
The valid range for this field is 6 to 40 seconds. The
default setting is 20 seconds.
Bridge Hello Time The time between generation of BPDUs by the root
bridge.
The valid range for this field is 1 to 10 seconds. The
default setting is 2 seconds.
Bridge Forward
Delay The time a port takes to change to the forwarding state.
The valid range for this field is 4 to 30 seconds. The
default setting is 15 seconds.
Max Age Current maximum age for this spanning tree. The root
bridge sets this time.
Hello Time Current hello time for this spanning tree. The root bridge
sets this time.
Forward Delay Current forwarding delay for this spanning tree. The root
bridge sets this time.
Hold Count The maximum number of BPDUs that are sent out a port
in a hello time interval. During any one hello time
interval, no more BPDUs than the number that you enter
in this field will be sent out a port.
The valid range for this field is 1 to 10 seconds. The
default setting is 3 seconds.
Table 7-3. Spanning Tree Bridge ConfigurationField Definition
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