Owner's Manual

GS700TPS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
4-31 Configuring Switching Settings
v1.0, June 2009
• Max Age (Sec) – Displays the device Maximum Age Time. The Maximum Age Time is
the amount of time in seconds a bridge waits before sending configuration messages. The
default Maximum Age Time is 20 seconds.
• Forward Delay (Sec) – Displays the device Forward Delay Time. The Forward Delay
Time is the amount of time in seconds a bridge remains in a listening and learning state
before forwarding packets. The default is 15 seconds.
• Hello Time (Sec) – Displays the device Hello Time. The Hello Time indicates the amount
of time in seconds a Root Bridge waits between configuration messages. The default is 2
seconds.
• CST Regional Root – Displays the Common STP regional bridge priority and MAC
address.
2. Select Enable or Disable in the Spanning Tree State provided field.
3. Select the STP Operation Mode in the provided field.
4. If you selected Disable in the Spanning Tree State field, select the BPDU Handling mode
from the list in the provided field.
5. Click APPLY to update the device.
Advanced
The STP Advanced menu contains the following options:
• “STP Configuration”
• “CST Configuration”
• “CST Port Configuration”
• “RSTP”
• “MST Configuration”
• “MST Port Configuration”
STP Configuration
The Advanced STP Configuration screen contains parameters for enabling STP on the device.
To configure STP on the device:
1. Click Switching > STP > Advanced > STP Configuration. The Advanced STP
Configuration screen displays: