ZyXEL Communications ES3500 Series 13.9 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Status, CST, Bridge, message, (second), (second), Bridge ID, Hello Time, Configuration, Cost to Bridge, Max Age (second)

Chapter 13 Spanning Tree Protocol

13.9 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Status

Click Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol in the navigation panel to display the status screen as shown next. See Section 13.1.5 on page 126 for more information on MSTP.

Note: This screen is only available after you activate MSTP on the Switch.Figure 70 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > Status: MSTP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 40 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > Status: MSTP

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Configuration	Click Configuration to specify which STP mode you want to activate. Click MSTP to edit
	MSTP settings on the Switch.
CST	This section describes the Common Spanning Tree settings.
Bridge	Root refers to the base of the spanning tree (the root bridge). Our Bridge is this Switch.
	This Switch may also be the root bridge.
Bridge ID	This is the unique identifier for this bridge, consisting of bridge priority plus MAC address.
	This ID is the same for Root and Our Bridge if the Switch is the root switch.
Hello Time	This is the time interval (in seconds) at which the root switch transmits a configuration
(second)	message.
Max Age (second)	This is the maximum time (in seconds) a switch can wait without receiving a
	configuration message before attempting to reconfigure.
Forwarding Delay	This is the time (in seconds) the root switch will wait before changing states (that is,
(second)	listening to learning to forwarding).
Cost to Bridge	This is the path cost from the root port on this Switch to the root switch.

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