Gigabit Ethernet Switch Management Guide

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH
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CLI – This example enables Spanning Tree Protocol, sets the mode to
MST, and then configures the STA and MSTP parameters.
Displaying Interface Settings
The STA Port Information and STA Trunk Information pages display the
current status of ports and trunks in the Spanning Tree.
Field Attributes
• Spanning Tree – Shows if STA has been enabled on this interface.
• STA Status – Displays current state of this port within the Spanning
Tree:
- Discarding - Port receives STA configuration messages, but does
not forward packets.
- Learning - Port has transmitted configuration messages for an
interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving
contradictory information. Port address table is cleared, and the port
begins learning addresses.
- Forwarding - Port forwards packets, and continues learning
addresses.
Console(config)#spanning-tree 3-206
Console(config)#spanning-tree mode mst 3-207
Console(config)#spanning-tree priority 40000 3-211
Console(config)#spanning-tree hello-time 5 3-210
Console(config)#spanning-tree max-age 38 3-210
Console(config)#spanning-tree forward-time 20 3-209
Console(config)#spanning-tree pathcost method long 3-212
Console(config)#spanning-tree transmission-limit 4 3-213
Console(config)#Console(config)#spanning-tree mst-configuration 3-213
Console(config-mstp)#revision 1 3-217
Console(config-mstp)#name R&D 3-216
Console(config-mstp)#max-hops 30 3-218
Console(config-mstp)#