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Catalyst 2960 Switch SoftwareConfiguration Guide
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How a Switch or Port Becomes the Root Switch or Root Port 15-7
Spanning Tree and Redundant Connectivity 15-8
Spanning-Tree Address Management 15-8
Accelerated Aging to Retain Connectivity 15-8
Spanning-Tree Modes and Protocols 15-9
Supported Spanning-Tree Instances 15-9
Spanning-Tree Interoperability and Backward Compatibility 15-10
STP and IEEE 802.1Q Trunks 15-10
Configuring Spanning-Tree Features 15-10
Default Spanning-Tree Configuration 15-11
Spanning-Tree Configuration Guidelines 15-11
Changing the Spanning-Tree Mode. 15-12
Disabling Spanning Tree 15-13
Configuring the Root Switch 15-14
Configuring a Secondary Root Switch 15-15
Configuring Port Priority 15-16
Configuring Path Cost 15-17
Configuring the Switch Priority of a VLAN 15-19
Configuring Spanning-Tree Timers 15-19
Configuring the Hello Time 15-20
Configuring the Forwarding-Delay Time for a VLAN 15-21
Configuring the Maximum-Aging Time for a VLAN 15-21
Displaying the Spanning-Tree Status 15-22
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16 Configuring MSTP 16-1
Understanding MSTP 16-2
Multiple Spanning-Tree Regions 16-2
IST, CIST, and CST 16-3
Operations Within an MST Region 16-3
Operations Between MST Regions 16-4
Hop Count 16-5
Boundary Ports 16-5
Interoperability with IEEE 802.1D STP 16-5
Understanding RSTP 16-6
Port Roles and the Active Topology 16-6
Rapid Convergence 16-7
Synchronization of Port Roles 16-8