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Current STP Settings
The following settings are displayed in the Spanning Tree Port Configuration
menu screen, as shown in Figure 5-2.
Spanning Tree Port Configuration
To set the Port Priority and Port Path Cost values for STP, access the Spanning
Tree Port Configuration menu shown in Figure 5-2 by typing p in the Spanning
Tree Configuration menu.
Setting Description
STP Status Whether spanning tree protocol is currently enabled or disabled.
Bridge ID The Bridge Identifier of this bridge. The first part of the Bridge ID
is the Bridge Priority. (If the Bridge ID is shown as 8000
000094EE5080, the 8000 is the Bridge Priority. The remainder is
the MAC address of this bridge, which cannot be changed.).
Designated Root The Bridge Identifier of the bridge that is currently the root bridge
for the spanning tree.
Root Port The port this bridge will use to forward traffic to the root. If this
bridge is the root, the root port will be 0.
Root Path Cost The cost as calculated by the spanning tree for messages to reach
the root. If this bridge is the root, the cost will be 0.
Hello Time The value of the timer currently being used by the bridge.
Maximum Age The value of the maximum age timer currently being used.
Forward Delay The value of the forward delay timer currently being used.
Bridge Hello Time The value that will be used by the spanning tree if this bridge
becomes the root bridge.
Bridge Maximum Age The value that will be used by the spanning tree if this bridge
becomes the root bridge.
Bridge Forward Delay The value that will be used by the spanning tree if this bridge
becomes the root bridge.
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