GS700TP Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
4-28 Configuring Switching Settings
v1.0, December 2007
• “CST Configuration”
• “CST Port Configuration”
STP Configuration
The Advanced STP Configuration screen contains parameters for enabling STP on the device.
To configure STP on the device:
1. Click Switching > STP > Advanced > STP Configuration. The Advanced STP
Configuration screen displays:
The Advanced STP Configuration screen contains the following fields:
Global Settings
• Spanning Tree State – Select the STP state on the device. The possible field values are:
– Enable – Enable STP on the device.
– Disable – Disable STP on the device.
Status
• Bridge Identifier – Displays the Bridge priority and MAC address.
• Time Since Topology Change – Displays the amount of time that has elapsed since the
bridge was initialized or reset, and the last topographic change that occurred. The time is
displayed in a day-hour-minute-second format, such as 2 days 5 hours 10 minutes and 4
seconds. The current root port and current root cost display as zero when the device is not
connected to the network.
Figure 4-21