CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

The following global attributes display statistical values and cannot be changed:

Configuration Changes – The number of times the Spanning Tree has been reconfigured.

Last Topology Change – Time since the Spanning Tree was last reconfigured.

The following global attributes can be configured:

Spanning Tree State – Enables/disables this switch to participate in a STA-compliant network.

Priority – Bridge priority is used in selecting the root device, root port, and designated port. The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device. However, if all devices have the same priority, the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device. (Note that lower numeric values indicate higher priority.)

-Default: 32768

-Range: 0 - 65535

Hello Time – Interval (in seconds) at which the root device transmits a configuration message.

-Default: 2

-Minimum: 1

-Maximum: The lower of 10 or [(Max. Message Age / 2) -1]

Maximum Age – The maximum time (in seconds) a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure. All device ports (except for designated ports) should receive configuration messages at regular intervals. Any port that ages out STA information (provided in the last configuration message) becomes the designated port for the attached LAN. If it is a root port, a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to

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