Cisco Systems OL-4580-01 manual CSS Spanning-Tree Bridging Quick Start, Task and Command Example

Chapter 2 Configuring Spanning-TreeBridging for the CSS

CSS Spanning-Tree Bridging Quick Start

This chapter contains the following major sections:

•CSS Spanning-Tree Bridging Quick Start

•Configuring Spanning-Tree Bridge Aging-Time

•Configuring Spanning-Tree Bridge Forward-Time

•Configuring Spanning-Tree Bridge Hello-Time

•Configuring Spanning-Tree Bridge Max-Age

•Configuring Spanning-Tree Bridge Priority

•Disabling Bridge Spanning-Tree

•Showing Bridge Configurations

For details about configuring spanning-tree bridging parameter for an Ethernet interface or for a trunked Ethernet interface and VLAN pair, refer to Chapter 1, Configuring Interfaces and Circuits.

CSS Spanning-Tree Bridging Quick Start

Table 2-1provides a quick overview of the steps required to globally configure spanning-tree bridging for the CSS. Each step includes the CLI command required to complete the task. For a complete description of each feature and all the options associated with the CLI command, see the sections following Table 2-1.

Table 2-1 Spanning-Tree Bridging Configuration Quick Start

Task and Command Example

1.Set the bridge filtering database aging time, in seconds, for the CSS.

(config)# bridge aging-time 600

2.Set the bridge forward delay time, in seconds, that the bridge uses when acting as the root.

(config)# bridge forward-time 9

3.Set the bridge hello time interval, in seconds, that the bridge waits before sending a hello packet.

(config)# bridge hello-time 9

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