IBM Heritage Network Router User Manual


 
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Command Sets for Command Line Interface
8. status
Syntax:
Status
Description:
This command shows the status of the bridge and its ports. The status
information for a port includes the SNMP type information about
time exceeded packets, packets discarded, etc. It also includes the
broadcast history of the port over the last five seconds and the high
water mark of packets queued on the bridge for this device.
Example:
DSL bridge> status
9. spanning disable | enable
Syntax:
spanning disable
spanning enable
Description:
When spanning tree operation is disabled, the bridge operates in
transparent mode and all bridge ports are set to the forwarding state.
When spanning tree operation is enabled, the state of the bridge’s
ports is controlled by the spanning tree process.
The
status command reports the state of the spanning tree process.
Configuration saving saves this information. By default, spanning
tree operation is enabled.
Example:
DSL bridge> spanning disable
DSL bridge> spanning enable
10. spanning forwarddelay
Syntax:
spanning forwarddelay [<time>]
Description:
Reads or sets the time in seconds, in which the bridge remains in the
listening or learning states, and is used when the bridge is or is
attempting to become the root bridge. The forward delay time may be
any value between 4 and 30 but it is also constrained by the
maximum age and hello times. The forward delay time may also by
changed by SNMP command. The
maxage, hellotime and
forwarddelay times are constrained as follows: