BayStack User Guide
Using the Console Interface
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Table 3-25 describes the Spanning Tree Switch Settings parameters.
Table 3-25. Spanning Tree Switch Settings Parameters
Parameter Description
Bridge Priority
Indicates the management-assigned priority value of the bridge ID in hexadecimal 
notation, which is the most significant byte of the bridge ID. The STA uses this parameter 
to determine the root bridge (or designated bridge). For example, the bridge with the 
lowest bridge ID becomes the root bridge, with Bridge Priority values compared first, 
followed by the hardware addresses.
Default Value: 8000
Range: 0 to 65535
Designated 
Root
Indicates the bridge ID of the root bridge, as determined by the STA.
Default Value: 8000 (bridge_id)
Range: 0 to 65535
Root Port
Indicates the switch port number that offers the lowest path cost to the root bridge.
Default Value: 0
Range: 0 to 16
Root Path Cost
Indicates the path cost from this switch port to the root bridge.
Default Value: 0
Range: Not applicable
Hello Time
Indicates the Actual Hello Interval, the amount of time between transmissions of 
configuration Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) that the root bridge is currently using.
Note that all bridges participating in the spanning tree network use the root bridge’s Hello 
Interval parameter value. 
See also
 Bridge Hello Time.
Default Value: 2 seconds
Range: 1 to 10 seconds
Maximum Age 
Time
Indicates the Maximum Age Time parameter value that the root bridge is currently using. 
This value specifies the maximum age that a Hello message can attain before it is 
discarded.
Note that the root bridge’s Maximum Age Time parameter value becomes the actual 
Maximum Age Time parameter value for all bridges participating in the spanning tree 
network. 
See also
 Bridge Maximum Age Time.
Default Value: 20 seconds
Range: 6 to 40 seconds
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