•BPDU Handling — Determines how BPDU packets are managed when STP is disabled on the port or device. BPDUs are used to transmit spanning tree information. The possible field values are:
—Filtering — Filters BPDU packets when spanning tree is disabled on an interface. This is the default value.
—Flooding — Floods BPDU packets when spanning tree is disabled on an interface.
•Path Cost Default Values — Specifies the method used to assign default path cost to STP ports. The possible field values are:
—Short — Specifies 1 through 65,535 range for port path cost. This is the default value.
—Long — Specifies 1 through 200,000,000 range for port path cost. The default path cost assigned to an interface varies according to the selected method (Hello Time, Max Age, or Forward Delay).
Bridge Settings
•Priority — Specifies the bridge priority value. When switches or bridges are running STP, each is assigned a priority. After exchanging BPDUs, the device with the lowest priority value becomes the Root Bridge. The possible field range is 0 - 61440 seconds. The default value is 32768. The bridge priority value is provided in increments of 4096.
•Hello Time — Specifies the device Hello Time. The Hello Time indicates the amount of time in seconds a Root Bridge waits between configuration messages. The possible field range is
•Max Age — Specifies the device Maximum Age Time. The Maximum Age Time is the amount of time in seconds a bridge waits before sending configuration messages. The possible field range is 6 - 40 seconds. The default Maximum Age Time is
20 seconds.
•Forward Delay — Specifies the device Forward Delay Time. The Forward Delay Time is the amount of time in seconds a bridge remains in a listening and learning state before forwarding packets. The possible field range is 4
Designated Root
•Bridge ID — Identifies the Bridge priority and MAC address.
•Root Bridge ID — Identifies the Root Bridge priority and MAC address.
•Root Port — Indicates the port number that offers the lowest cost path from this bridge to the Root Bridge. This field is significant when the bridge is not the Root Bridge. The default is zero.
•Root Path Cost — Specifies the cost of the path from this bridge to the Root Bridge.
•Topology Changes Counts — Specifies the total amount of STP state changes that have occurred.
•Last Topology Change — Indicates the amount of time that has elapsed since the bridge was initialized or reset, and the last topographic change that occurred. The time is displayed in a
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