Dell 34XX Switch User Manual


 
276 Configuring Switch Information
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Defining STP Global Parameters
1
Open the page.
2
Select
Enable
in the
Spanning Tree State
field.
3
Select the
STP
mode in the
STP Operation Mode
field, and define the bridge settings.
4
Click
Apply Changes
.
STP is enabled on the device.
Modifying STP Global Parameters
1
Open the page.
2
Define the fields in the dialog.
3
Click
Apply Changes
.
The STP parameters are modified, and the device is updated.
Defining STP Global Parameters Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for defining STP global parameters
as displayed in the
Spanning Tree Global Settings page.
Table 7-74. STP Global Parameter CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
spanning-tree
Enables spanning tree functionality.
spanning-tree mode {stp
| rstp | mstp}
Configures the mode of the spanning tree
protocol.
spanning-tree priority
priority
Configures the spanning tree priority.
spanning-tree hello-time
seconds
Configures the spanning tree bridge Hello
Time, which is how often the device
broadcasts Hello messages to other devices.
spanning-tree max-age
seconds
Configures the spanning tree bridge
maximum age.
spanning-tree forward-
time
seconds
Configures the spanning tree bridge forward
time, which is the amount of time a port
remains in the listening and learning states
before entering the forwarding state.