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Chapter10 Configuring MSTP
Configuring MSTP Features
If any root switch for the specified instance has a switch priority lower than 24576, the switch sets its
own priority to4096 less than the lowest switch priority. (4096 is the value of the least-significant bit
of a 4-bit switch priority value as shown in Table9-1 on page 9-4.)
If your network consists of switches that both do and do not support the extended system ID, it is
unlikely that the switch with the extended system ID support will become the root switch. The extended
system ID increases the switch priority value every time the VLAN number is greater than the priority
of the connected switches running older software.
The root switch for each spanning-tree instance shoul d be a backbone or distribution switch. Do not
configure an access switch as the spanning-tree primary root.
Use the diameter keyword, which is available only for MST instance 0, to specify the Layer 2 network
diameter (that is, the maximum number of switch hops between any two end stations in the Layer 2
network). When you specify the network diameter, the switch automatically sets an optimal hello time,
forward-delay time, and maximum-age time for a network of that diameter, which can significantly
reduce the convergence time. You can use the hello keyword to override the automatically calculated
hello time.
Note After configuring the switch as the root switch, we recommend that you avoid manually configuring the
hello time, forward-delay time, and maximum-age time by using the spanning-tree mst hello-time,
spanning-tree mst forward-time, and the spanning-tree mst max-age global configuration commands
after configuring the switch as the root switch.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure a switch as the root switch. This
procedure is optional.
To return the switch to its default setting, use the no spanning-tree mst instance-id root global
configuration command.
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 spanning-tree mst instance-id root primary
[diameter net-diameter [hello-time seconds]]
Configure a switch as the root switch.
•For instance-id, you can specify a single instance, a range
of instances separated by a hyphen, or a series of instances
separated by a comma. The range is 0 to .
•(Optional) For diameter net-diameter, specify the
maximum number of switches between any two end
stations. The range is2 to 7. This keyword is available
only for MST instance 0.
•(Optional) For hello-time seconds, specify the interval in
seconds between the generation of configuration messages
by the root switch. The range is 1 to 10 seconds; the
default is 2 seconds.
Step3 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step4 show spanning-tree mst instance-id Verify your entries.
Step5 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.