Reference Guide

vlan forward-delay
Set the amount of time the interface waits in the Listening state and the Learning state before
transitioning to the Forwarding state.
S5000
Syntax
vlan vlan-range forward-delay seconds
To return to the default setting, use the no vlan forward-delay command.
Parameters
vlan vlan-range Enter the keyword vlan followed by the VLAN number(s).
The range is 1 to 4094.
forward-delay
seconds
Enter the keywords forward-delay followed by the time
interval, in seconds, that Dell Networking OS waits before
transitioning PVST+ to the forwarding state. The range is 4 to
30 seconds. The default is 15 seconds.
Defaults 15 seconds
Command
Modes
CONFIGURATION (conf-pvst)
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Related
Commands
vlan bridge-priority – sets the bridge-priority value.
vlan hello-time – changes the time interval between BPDUs.
vlan max-age – changes the time interval before PVST+ refreshes.
show spanning-tree pvst – displays the PVST+ configuration.
vlan hello-time
Set the time interval between generation of PVST+ 7 BPDUs.
S5000
Syntax
vlan vlan-range hello-time seconds
To return to the default value, use the no vlan hello-time command.
Parameters
vlan vlan-range Enter the keyword vlan followed by the VLAN number(s).
The range is 1 to 4094.
hello-time
seconds
Enter the keywords hello-time followed by the time
interval, in seconds, between transmission of BPDUs. The
range is 1 to 10 seconds. The default is
2 seconds.
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+)
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