Nortel Networks 40M2420 manual 17RSTP/MSTP Parameter Descriptions

Alteon OS Command Reference

„Forwarding delay

„Aging time

You can view port-specific RSTP information, including the following:

„Port number and priority

„Cost

„State

The following table describes the STP parameters in RSTP or MSTP mode.

Table 4-17RSTP/MSTP Parameter Descriptions

Parameter	Description
Current Root	The Current Root shows information about the root bridge for the Spanning
	Tree. Information includes the priority (hex) and MAC address of the root.
Priority (bridge)	The bridge priority parameter controls which bridge on the network will
	become the STP root bridge.
Hello	The hello time parameter specifies, in seconds, how often the root bridge
	transmits a configuration bridge protocol data unit (BPDU). Any bridge that
	is not the root bridge uses the root bridge hello value.
MaxAge	The maximum age parameter specifies, in seconds, the maximum time the
	bridge waits without receiving a configuration bridge protocol data unit
	before it reconfigures the STP network.
FwdDel	The forward delay parameter specifies, in seconds, the amount of time that a
	bridge port has to wait before it changes from learning state to forwarding
	state.
Aging	The aging time parameter specifies, in seconds, the amount of time the
	bridge waits without receiving a packet from a station before removing the
	station from the Forwarding Database.
Prio (port)	The port priority parameter helps determine which bridge port becomes the
	designated port. In a network topology that has multiple bridge ports con-
	nected to a single segment, the port with the lowest port priority becomes the
	designated port for the segment.
Cost	The port path cost parameter is used to help determine the designated port for
	a segment. Generally speaking, the faster the port, the lower the path cost. A
	setting of 0 indicates that the cost will be set to the appropriate default after
	the link speed has been auto negotiated.
State	The State field shows the current state of the port. The State field in RSTP or
	MSTP mode can be one of the following: Discarding (DISC),
	Learning (LRN), Forwarding (FWD), or Disabled (DSB).

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