Chapter 13 Spanning Tree Protocol

13.6 Configure Multiple Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

To configure MRSTP, click MRSTP in the Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol screen. See Section 13.1 on page 124 for more information on MRSTP.

Figure 66 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > MRSTP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 36 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > MRSTP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Status

Click Status to display the MRSTP Status screen (see Figure 65 on page 132).

 

 

TreeThis is a read-only index number of the STP trees.

 

 

Active

Select this check box to activate an STP tree. Clear this checkbox to disable an STP tree.

 

Note: You must also activate Multiple Rapid Spanning Tree in the Advanced Application

 

> Spanning Tree Protocol > Configuration screen to enable MRSTP on the

 

Switch.

 

 

Bridge Priority

Bridge priority is used in determining the root switch, root port and designated port. The

 

switch with the highest priority (lowest numeric value) becomes the STP root switch. If all

 

switches have the same priority, the switch with the lowest MAC address will then become

 

the root switch. Select a value from the drop-down list box.

 

The lower the numeric value you assign, the higher the priority for this bridge.

 

Bridge Priority determines the root bridge, which in turn determines Hello Time, Max Age

 

and Forwarding Delay.

 

 

Hello Time

This is the time interval in seconds between BPDU (Bridge Protocol Data Units)

 

configuration message generations by the root switch. The allowed range is 1 to 10

 

seconds.

 

 

 

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