Chapter 11 Spanning Tree Protocol

11.4 Configure Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

Use this screen to configure RSTP settings, see Section 11.1 on page 109 for more information on RSTP. Click RSTP in the Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol screen.

Figure 52 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > RSTP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 25 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > RSTP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Status

Click Status to display the RSTP Status screen (see Figure 53 on page 118).

 

 

Active

Select this check box to activate RSTP. Clear this checkbox to disable RSTP.

 

Note: You must also activate Rapid Spanning Tree in the

 

Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol >

 

Configuration screen to enable RSTP 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.

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