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34.3.2 Disabling/Enabling STP ....................................................................................................... 238
34.3.3 Disabling/Enabling STP on a Port ........................................................................................ 238
34.3.4 Settingthe Bridge Priority ..................................................................................................... 239
34.3.5 Setting the Hello Time .......................................................................................................... 239
34.3.6 Setting the Max Age ............................................................................................................. 239
34.3.7 Setting the Forward Delay ................................................................................................... 239
34.3.8 Setting the PortPriority ......................................................................................................... 240
34.3.9 Value of the path cost of a port ............................................................................................ 240
34.3.10 Monitoring the STP state .................................................................................................... 240
34.3.11 Setting the SNMP Trap ....................................................................................................... 240
34.4 SETTING THE SPANNING TREE OF VLAN ........................................................................................... 241
34.4.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 241
34.4.2 VLAN STP Configuration Tasks ........................................................................................... 241
CHAPTER 35 CONFIGURING RSTP.............................................................................. 243
35.1 RSTP CONFIGURATION TASK LIST .................................................................................................... 243
35.2 RSTP CONFIGURATION TASKS .......................................................................................................... 243
35.2.1 Enabling/disabling RSTP of the Switch ................................................................................ 243
35.2.2 Settingthe Bridge Priority ..................................................................................................... 243
35.2.3 Setting the Forward Time ..................................................................................................... 243
35.2.4 Setting the Hello Time .......................................................................................................... 244
35.2.5 Setting the Max Age ............................................................................................................. 244
35.2.6 Value of the path cost of a port ............................................................................................ 245
35.2.7 Setting the Port Priority ........................................................................................................ 245
35.2.8 Setting the Edge Port ........................................................................................................... 245
35.2.9 Setting the Port Connection Type ........................................................................................ 246
35.2.10 Restarting the protocol conversion check .......................................................................... 246
CHAPTER 36 CONFIGURING MSTP ............................................................................. 247
36.1 MSTP INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 247
36.1.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 247
36.1.2 MST Region ......................................................................................................................... 247
36.1.3 IST, CST, CIST and MSTI .................................................................................................... 247
36.1.4 Port Role .............................................................................................................................. 252
36.1.5 MSTP BPDU ........................................................................................................................ 259
36.1.6 Stable State .......................................................................................................................... 260
36.1.7 Hop Count ............................................................................................................................ 261
36.1.8 STP Compatibility ................................................................................................................. 261
36.2 MSTP CONFIGURATION TASK LIST .................................................................................................... 261
36.3 MSTP CONFIGURATION TASKS ......................................................................................................... 262
36.3.1 Default MSTP Configuration ................................................................................................ 262
36.3.2 Enabling and disabling MSTP .............................................................................................. 262
36.3.3 Configuring MSTP region ..................................................................................................... 263