Concept Guide
Figure 99. Load Balancing with PVST+
The bridge with the bridge value for bridge priority is elected root. Because all bridges use the default priority (until congured otherwise),
the lowest MAC address is used as a tie-breaker. To increase the likelihood that a bridge is selected as the STP root, assign bridges a low
non-default value for bridge priority.
To assign a bridge priority, use the following command.
• Assign a bridge priority.
PROTOCOL PVST mode
vlan bridge-priority
The range is from 0 to 61440.
The default is 32768.
Example of the show spanning-tree pvst vlan Command
To display the PVST+ forwarding topology, use the show spanning-tree pvst [vlan vlan-id] command from EXEC Privilege
mode.
Dell(conf-if-te-5/41)#do show spanning-tree pvst vlan 2
VLAN 2
Root Identifier has priority 32768, Address 001e.c9f1.00f3
Root Bridge hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bridge Identifier has priority 32768, Address 001e.c9f1.00f3
Configured hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bpdu filter disabled globally
We are the root of VLAN 2
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