CONFIGURING THE SWITCH
STP Information
The Spanning Tree, STP Information page contains information on the current status of the Spanning Tree.
Command Attributes
•Spanning Tree State — Indicates if the Spanning Tree Protocol is currently enabled on the switch.
•Bridge ID — Identifies a unique identifier for the switch in the Spanning Tree. The ID is calculated using the defined Spanning Tree priority of the switch and its MAC address. The lower the Bridge ID, the more likely the switch will act as the root.
•Max Age — The maximum time (in seconds) the switch 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. If the root port ages out STP information (provided in the last configuration message), a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network. (References to “ports” in this section means “interfaces,” which includes both ports and trunks.)
•Hello Time — Specifies the time interval (in seconds) at which the root device transmits a configuration message.
•Forward Delay — The maximum time (in seconds) the switch will wait before changing states (i.e., discarding to learning to forwarding). This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to forward frames. In addition, each port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it return to a discarding state; otherwise, temporary data loops might result.
