Nortel Networks 40M2420 manual Fwd new bridge Forward Delay 4-30 secs

Alteon OS Command Reference

Table 6-43Spanning Tree Bridge Menu Options (/cfg/l2/stg/brg)

Command Syntax and Usage

fwd <new bridge Forward Delay (4-30 secs)>

Configures the bridge forward delay parameter. The forward delay parameter specifies the amount of time that a bridge port has to wait before it changes from the listening state to the learning state and from the learning state to the forwarding state. The range is 4 to 30 seconds, and the default is 15 seconds.

This command does not apply to MSTP (see CIST on page 227).

aging <new bridge Aging Time (1-65535 secs, 0 to disable)>

Configures the forwarding database aging time. The aging time specifies the amount of time the bridge waits without receiving a packet from a station before removing the station from the for- warding database. The range is 1 to 65535 seconds, and the default is 300 seconds. To disable aging, set this parameter to 0.

cur

Displays the current bridge STG parameters.

When configuring STG bridge parameters, the following formulas must be used:

„2*(fwd-1)> mxage

„2*(hello+1) < mxage

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