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Spanning Tree -> Spanning Tree

This screen manages global, Bridge, and root status for the selected device’s spanning tree

Figure 13-27. Spanning Tree -> Spanning Tree.

This screen has the following fields:

Global Settings

Spanning Tree Enabled

— Check to enable.

Operation Mode

— Select from the pick list. Choices include

Classic STP, Rapid STP

, and

Multiple STP

BDPU Handling

— Specifies BPDU packet handling when the spanning tree is disabled on an

interface. The possible field values are

Filtering

and

Flooding

. The default value is

Flooding

BDPU Protection

— Disables a port in case a new switch tries to enter the already existing

Spanning Tree (STP) topology. This keeps switches not originally part of an STP from

influencing the STP topology.