User Documentation

User Manual Managed Switches
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At the top of this page, the user can check the Current Status of this function. For RSTP, you will
see:
Root/Not Root
This field only appears when RSTP mode is selected. The field indicates whether or not this switch is
the Root of the Spanning Tree (the root is determined automatically).
At the bottom of this page, the user can configure the “Settings” of this function. For RSTP, you can
configure:
Explanation of ‘Settings’ items for selected redundancy protocol RSTP
Bridge priority
Setting
Description
Factory Default
Numerical value
selected by user
Increase this device’s bridge priority by selecting a lower
number. A device with a higher bridge priority has a
greater chance of being established as the root of the
Spanning Tree topology.
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Forwarding Delay (sec)
Setting
Description
Factory Default
Numerical value
input by user
The amount of time this device waits before checking to
see if it should change to a different state.
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Hello time (sec)
Setting
Description
Factory Default
Numerical value
input by user
The root of the Spanning Tree topology periodically
sends out a “hello” message to other devices on the
network to check if the topology is healthy. The “hello
time” is the amount of time the root waits between
sending hello messages.
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Max. Age (sec)
Setting
Description
Factory Default
Numerical value
input by user
If this device is not the root, and it has not received a hello
message from the root in an amount of time equal to
“Max. Age,” then this device will reconfigure itself as a
root. Once two or more devices on the network are
recognized as a root, the devices will renegotiate to set
up a new Spanning Tree topology.
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Enable RSTP per Port
Setting
Description
Factory Default
Enable/Disable
Select to enable the port as a node on the Spanning Tree
topology.
Disabled