Reference Guide

1418 | Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
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bpdu-destination-mac-address
c s
Use the Provider Bridge Group address in Spanning Tree or GVRP PDUs.
Syntax
bpdu-destination-mac-address [stp | gvrp] provider-bridge-group
Parameters
Defaults
The destination MAC address for BPDUs is the Bridge Group Address.
Command Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
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bridge-priority
c e s
Set the bridge priority of the switch in an IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree.
Syntax
bridge-priority {priority-value | primary | secondary}
To return to the default value, enter no bridge-priority.
Parameters
Defaults
priority-value = 32768
Command Modes
SPANNING TREE (The prompt is “config-stp”.)
Command
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debug spanning-tree
c e s
Enable debugging of Spanning Tree Protocol and view information on the protocol.
Syntax
debug spanning-tree {stp-id [all | bpdu | config | events | exceptions | general | root] |
protocol}
To disable debugging, enter no debug spanning-tree.
stp
Force STP, RSTP, and MSTP to use the Provider Bridge Group address as the
destination MAC address in its BPDUs.
gvrp
Forces GVRP to use the Provider Bridge GVRP Address as the destination
MAC address in its PDUs.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on C-Series and S-Series.
priority-value
Enter a number as the bridge priority value.
Range: 0 to 65535.
Default: 32768.
primary Enter the keyword primary to designate the bridge as the root bridge.
secondary Enter the keyword secondary to designate the bridge as a secondary root
bridge.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on S-Series
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
pre-Version 6.2.1.1 Introduced on E-Series