Chapter 13 Spanning Tree Protocol

 

Table 27

Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > RSTP (continued)

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

Apply

 

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

 

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

 

 

Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-

 

 

 

volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

 

 

 

Cancel

 

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

13.5 Rapid 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 on page 125 for more information on RSTP.

Note: This screen is only available after you activate RSTP on the Switch.

Figure 74 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > Status: RSTP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 28 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > Status: RSTP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Configuration

Click Configuration to specify which STP mode you want to activate.

 

Click RSTP to edit RSTP settings on the Switch.

 

 

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

(second)

a configuration message. The root bridge determines Hello Time, Max

 

Age and Forwarding Delay.

 

 

 

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