SMC Networks SMC8606T manual STA Spanning Tree Algorithm, Spanning Tree Information

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STA (Spanning Tree Algorithm)

The Spanning Tree Algorithm can be used to detect and disable networkloops,andtoprovidebackuplinksbetweenswitches,bridges or routers. This allows the switch to interact with other bridging devices (that is, STA-compliant switch, bridge or router) in your network to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network. For a more detailed description of how to use this algorithm, refer to “Spanning Tree Algorithm” on page 4-2.

Spanning Tree Information

The Spanning Tree Information screen displays a summary of the STA information for the overall bridge or for a specific port. To make any changes to the parameters for the Spanning Tree, use the STA Configuration and STA Port Configuration screens.

Spanning Tree

The parameters shown in the following figure and table describe the current bridge STA Information.

Parameter Description

Spanning Tree State Shows if the switch is enabled to participate in an STA-compliant network.

Bridge ID	A unique identifier for this bridge, consisting of bridge
	priority plus MAC address (where the address is
	normally taken from Port 1).
Max Age	The maximum time (in seconds) a device can wait
	without receiving a configuration message before
	attempting to reconfigure.
Hello Time	The time interval (in seconds) at which the root device
	transmits a configuration message.

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