Displaying Interface Settings

CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

CLI – This example enables Spanning Tree Protocol, sets the mode to MST, and then configures the STA and MSTP parameters.

Console(config)#spanning-tree3-39

Console(config)#spanning-tree mode mst3-39

Console(config)#spanning-tree priority 400003-43

Console(config)#spanning-tree hello-time 53-42

Console(config)#spanning-tree max-age 383-42

Console(config)#spanning-tree forward-time 203-41

Console(config)#spanning-tree pathcost method long3-44

Console(config)#spanning-tree transmission-limit 43-45

Console(config)#4-168

4-1714-1704-172

The STA Port Information and STA Trunk Information pages display the current status of ports and trunks in the Spanning Tree.

Field Attributes

•Spanning Tree – Shows if STA has been enabled on this interface.

•STA Status – Displays current state of this port within the Spanning Tree:

•Discarding - Port receives STA configuration messages, but does not forward packets.

•Learning - Port has transmitted configuration messages for an interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving contradictory information. Port address table is cleared, and the port begins learning addresses.

•Forwarding - Port forwards packets, and continues learning addresses.

The rules defining port status are:

-A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging device is always forwarding.

-If two ports of a switch are connected to the same segment and there is no other STA device attached to this segment, the port with the smaller ID forwards packets and the other is discarding.

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SMC Networks SMC8612XL3 F 1.0.1.3 manual Displaying Interface Settings, 136

Models: SMC8612XL3 F 1.0.1.3

CONFIGURING THE SWITCH