GS700TR Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
Configuring Switching Information 3-23
v1.0, May, 2008
Displayed on the Spanning Tree CST Configuration page is the MSTP Status table.
2. Click Refresh to update the information on the screen with the most current data.
3. Click Cancel to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to the
latest value of the switch
4. If you make any configuration changes, click Apply to send the updated configuration to the
switch. Configuration changes take place immediately.
CST Port Configuration
Use the Spanning Tree CST Port Configuration page to configure Common Spanning Tree (CST)
and Internal Spanning Tree on a specific port on the switch.
To display the Spanning Tree CST Port Configuration page:
1. Click Switching > STP > Advanced > CST Port Configuration in the navigation tree.
Bridge Forward Delay
(secs)
Specifies the switch forward delay time, which indicates the amount of
time in seconds a bridge remains in a listening and learning state before
forwarding packets. The value must be greater or equal to (Bridge Max
Age / 2) + 1. The time range is from 4 seconds to 30 seconds. The
default value is 15.
Spanning Tree Maximum
Hops
Specifies the maximum number of bridge hops the information for a
particular CST instance can travel before being discarded. The valid
range is 1-127.
Table 3-15. Spanning Tree MSTP Status Fields
Field Description
MST ID Table consisting of the MST instances (including the CST) and the
corresponding VLAN IDs associated with each of them.
VID Table consisting of the VLAN IDs and the corresponding FID associated
with each of them
FID Table consisting of the FIDs and the corresponding VLAN IDs
associated with each of them.
Table 3-14. Spanning Tree CST Configuration/Status Fields (continued)
Field Description