Cabletron Systems STS16-20R Switch Hello Time in Seconds, Switch Maximum Message Age in Seconds

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Switch Hello Time (in Seconds)

The time this CRF spanning tree instance waits before sending the next Hello BPDU message when this entity is the root in STP. The default is 2.

The minimum value is 1. The maximum value is the lower of 10 or ((Switch Maximum Message Age / 2) – 1).

Switch Maximum Message Age (in Seconds)

Maximum message age used when this CRF instance is the root in a spanning tree domain. This parameter sets the time at which the configuration message used by the spanning tree algorithm should be discarded. The default is 20. The minimum value is the higher of 6 or ((Switch Hello Time x 2) + 1).

The maximum cannot be more than the lower of 40 or ((Switch Forward Delay x 2) – 1).

The range limits that appear when you select this parameter are calculated using the values currently selected for Switch Hello Time and Switch Forward Delay.

Switch Forward Delay (in Seconds)

The time the SmartStack STS16-20D/STS16-20R waits between transitions from listening to learning and from learning to forwarding. The default is 15. The minimum is the larger of 4 or ((Switch Maximum Message Age / 2) + 1). The maximum is 30.

The lower range limit that appears when you select this parameter reflects the value currently selected for Switch Maximum Age.

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Selecting this item brings up the Port Spanning Tree Parameters screen.

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