Olicom 8600, 8605 manual Port Spanning Tree Parameters Screen, 103, Priority, Path Cost

103

The lower range limit that appears when you select this parameter reflects the value currently selected for Switch Maximum Age.

Port Spanning Tree Parameters...

Selecting this item brings up the Port Spanning Tree Parameters screen.

Port Spanning Tree Parameters Screen

Use the Port Spanning Tree Parameters screen to set up STP priorities for each port.

Port

The number of the port.

Priority

Priority associated with the port. The port with the lowest priority value has the highest priority and will forward the spanning tree frames. The default is 128. The possible range is 0 through 255 (decimal). If all ports have the same priority value, the lowest port number forwards the spanning tree frames.

Path Cost

Cost associated with the port. The spanning tree protocol uses port path costs to determine which port to select as a forwarding port. Therefore, lower numbers should be assigned to ports attached to faster media (such as FDX or CrossLink), and higher numbers should be assigned to ports attached to slower media. The possible range is 1 to 65,535. The default is 62. The recommended path cost is 1000 / LAN speed in Mbps.

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