Nortel Networks 2300 Series manual Set spantree maxage, Set spantree portcost

STP Commands 405

Examples The following command changes the hello interval for all VLANs to 4 seconds:

WSS# set spantree hello 4 all

success: change accepted.

See Also show spantree on page 400

set spantree maxage

Changes the maximum age for an STP root bridge hello packet that is acceptable to a WSS acting as a designated bridge on one or all of its VLANs. After waiting this period of time for a new hello packet, the switch determines that the root bridge is unavailable and issues a topology change message.

Syntax set spantree maxage aging-time{all vlan vlan-id}

aging-time	Maximum age value. You can specify from 6 through 40 seconds.
all	Changes the maximum age on all VLANs.
vlan vlan-id	VLAN name or number. WSS Software changes the maximum age on
	only the specified VLAN.

Defaults The default maximum age for root bridge hello packets is 20 seconds. Access Enabled.

Examples The following command changes the maximum acceptable age for root bridge hello packets on all VLANs to 15 seconds:

WSS# set spantree maxage 15 all

success: change accepted.

See Also show spantree on page 400

set spantree portcost

Changes the cost that transmission through a network port or ports in the default VLAN on a WSS adds to the total cost of a path to the STP root bridge.

Syntax set spantree portcost port-listcost cost

port-list	List of ports. WSS Software applies the cost change to all the specified
	ports.
cost cost	Numeric value. You can specify a value from 1 through 65,535. STP
	selects lower-cost paths over higher-cost paths.

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