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vlan 100 bridge-priority 4096
Influencing PVST+ Root Selection
As shown in the previous per-VLAN spanning tree illustration, all VLANs use the same forwarding topology because R2 is
elected the root, and all TenGigabitEthernet ports have the same cost.
The following per-VLAN spanning tree illustration changes the bridge priority of each bridge so that a different forwarding
topology is generated for each VLAN. This behavior demonstrates how you can use PVST+ to achieve load balancing.
Figure 96. Load Balancing with PVST+
The bridge with the bridge value for bridge priority is elected root. Because all bridges use the default priority (until configured
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.
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