Using the Console Interface

Table 3-14 describes the Spanning Tree Switch Settings parameters.

Table 3-14. Spanning Tree Switch Settings parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

 

Bridge Priority

Indicates the management-assigned priority value of the bridge ID in hexadecimal

 

notation, which is the most significant byte of the bridge ID. The STA uses this parameter

 

to determine the root bridge (or designated bridge). For example, the bridge with the

 

lowest bridge ID becomes the root bridge, with Bridge Priority values compared first,

 

followed by the hardware addresses.

 

Default Value

8000

 

Range

0 to 65535

Designated

Indicates the bridge ID of the root bridge, as determined by the STA.

Root

Default Value

8000 (bridge_id)

 

 

Range

0 to 65535

Root Port

Indicates the switch port number that offers the lowest path cost to the root bridge.

 

Default Value

0

 

Range

0 to 16

Root Path Cost

Indicates the path cost from this switch port to the root bridge.

 

Default Value

0

 

Range

Not applicable

Hello Time

Indicates the Actual Hello interval (the amount of time between transmissions of

 

Configuration Bridge PDUs) that the root bridge is currently using.

 

Note that all bridges participating in the spanning tree network use the root bridge’s Hello

 

Interval parameter value. See also Bridge Hello Time.

 

Default Value

2 seconds

 

Range

1 to 10 seconds

Maximum Age

Indicates the Maximum Age Time parameter value that the root bridge is currently using.

Time

This value specifies the maximum age that a Hello message can attain before it is

 

discarded.

 

 

Note that the root bridge’s Maximum Age Time parameter value becomes the (actual)

 

Maximum Age Time parameter value for all bridges participating in the spanning tree

 

network. See also Bridge Maximum Age Time.

 

Default Value

20

 

Range

6 to 40 seconds

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