Spanning-Tree Operation

Overview

Overview

This chapter describes the operation of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and how to configure it with the switches’ built-in interfaces.

Table 5-1. STP Support

Spanning Tree Protocol

2610

2610-PWR

802.1D

Yes

Yes

802.1w

Yes

Yes

802.1s

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Table 5-2.802.1D STP Features

802.1D Spanning Tree

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

Protocol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing the STP

n/a

page 5-23

page 5-14

Configuration

 

 

 

 

Enable/Disable STP

Disabled

page 5-23

page 5-27

page 5-45

Reconfiguring General

priority: 32768

page 5-23

page 5-28

Operation

max age: 20 s

 

 

 

 

hello time: 2 s

 

 

 

 

fwd. delay: 15 s

 

 

 

Reconfiguring Per-Port STP

path cost: var

page 5-23

page 5-29

 

priority: 128

 

 

 

 

mode: norm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5-3. 802.1w RSTP Features

802.1w Spanning Tree

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

Protocol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing the RSTP/STP

n/a

page 5-20

page 5-14

Configuration

 

 

 

 

Enable/Disable RSTP/STP

Disabled

page 5-20

page 5-15

page 5-22

(RSTP is selected as the

 

 

 

 

default protocol.)

 

 

 

 

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