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Spanning-Tree Operation

Configuring Rapid Reconfiguration Spanning Tree (RSTP)

Configuring Rapid Reconfiguration

Spanning Tree (RSTP)

This section describes the operation of the IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree

Protocol (RSTP).

Overview

RSTP Feature Default Menu CLI Web

Viewing the RSTP/STP configuration n/a page 5-20 page 5-14 n/a

enable/disable RSTP/STP disabled page 5-20 page 5-15 page 5-22

(RSTP is selected as the default protocol)

reconfiguring whole-switch values Protocol Version: RSTP page 5-20 page 5-16 n/a

Force Version: RSTP-operation

Switch Priority: 8

Hello Time: 2 s

Max Age: 20 s

Forward Delay: 15 s

reconfiguring per-port values Path Cost: depends on port page 5-20 page 5-18 n/a

type

Priority: 8

Edge Port: Yes

Point-to-point: Force-true

MCheck: Yes

As indicated in the manual, the spanning tree protocol is used to ensure that

only one active path at a time exists between any two end nodes in the network

in which your switch is installed. Multiple paths cause a loop in the network

over which broadcast and multicast messages are repeated continuously,

which floods the network with traffic creating a broadcast storm.

In networks where there is more than one physical path between any two

nodes, enabling spanning tree ensures a single active path between two such

nodes by selecting the one most efficient path and blocking the other redun-

dant paths. If a switch or bridge in the path becomes disables, spanning tree

activates the necessary blocked segments to create the next most efficient

path.

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