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158 CHAPTER 11: CONFIGURING SPANNING TREE
Defining
Global
Settings for
Spanning Tree
Network administrators can assign STA settings to specific interfaces
using the
Spanning Tree Setup Page.
Monitor users have no access to this page.
To configure Spanning Tree Setup:
1 Click Device > Spanning Tree > Setup. The Spanning Tree Setup Page
opens:
Figure 82 Spanning Tree Setup Page
The Spanning Tree Setup Page contains the following fields:
■ State — Defines whether STA is enabled or disabled on the device.
The possible field values are:
■ Disabled — Disables STP and RSTP on the device.
■ Enabled — Enables STP or RSTP on the device.
■ Priority — Specifies the bridge priority value. When switches or
bridges are running STA, each is assigned a priority. After exchanging
BPDUs, the device with the lowest priority value becomes the Root
Bridge. The field range is 0-61440
. The default value is 32768. The
priority value is provided in increments of 4096.