Contents

Bridge ID, Switch Priority, and Extended System ID 18-4

 

Spanning-Tree Interface States

18-5

 

 

 

 

Blocking State

18-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listening State

18-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning State

18-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forwarding State

18-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled State

18-8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How a Switch or Port Becomes the Root Switch or Root Port

18-8

Spanning Tree and Redundant Connectivity

18-9

 

 

Spanning-Tree Address Management

18-9

 

 

Accelerated Aging to Retain Connectivity

18-9

 

 

Spanning-Tree Modes and Protocols

18-10

 

 

Supported Spanning-Tree Instances

18-10

 

 

Spanning-Tree Interoperability and Backward Compatibility

18-11

STP and IEEE 802.1Q Trunks

18-11

 

 

 

 

VLAN-Bridge Spanning Tree

18-11

 

 

 

 

Spanning Tree and Switch Stacks

18-12

 

 

 

Configuring Spanning-Tree Features

18-12

 

 

 

Default Spanning-Tree Configuration

18-13

 

 

Spanning-Tree Configuration Guidelines

18-13

 

 

Changing the Spanning-Tree Mode.

18-15

 

 

Disabling Spanning Tree

18-16

 

 

 

 

 

Configuring the Root Switch

18-16

 

 

 

 

Configuring a Secondary Root Switch

18-18

 

 

Configuring Port Priority

18-18

 

 

 

 

 

Configuring Path Cost

18-20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuring the Switch Priority of a VLAN

18-21

 

 

Configuring Spanning-Tree Timers

18-22

 

 

 

Configuring the Hello Time

18-22

 

 

 

Configuring the Forwarding-Delay Time for a VLAN

18-23

Configuring the Maximum-Aging Time for a VLAN

18-23

 

Configuring the Transmit Hold-Count

18-24

 

 

Displaying the Spanning-Tree Status

18-24

 

 

 

Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Switch Software Configuration Guide

 

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