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Spanning-Tree Operation
Overview
Overview
This chapter describes the operation of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and
how to configure it with the switches’ built-in interfaces.
Table 5-1. STP Support
Spanning Tree Protocol 2610 2610-PWR
802.1D Yes Yes
802.1w Yes Yes
802.1s Yes Yes
Table 5-2.
802.1D STP Features
802.1D Spanning Tree
Protocol
Default Menu CLI Web
Viewing the STP n/a page 5-23 page 5-14
Configuration
Enable/Disable STP Disabled page 5-23 page 5-27 page 5-45
Reconfiguring General priority: 32768 page 5-23 page 5-28
Operation max age: 20 s
hello time: 2 s
fwd. delay: 15 s
Reconfiguring Per-Port STP path cost: var page 5-23 page 5-29
priority: 128
mode: norm
Table 5-3. 802.1w RSTP Features
802.1w Spanning Tree
Protocol
Default Menu CLI Web
Viewing the RSTP/STP n/a page 5-20 page 5-14
Configuration
Enable/Disable RSTP/STP
Disabled page 5-20 page 5-15 page 5-22
(RSTP is selected as the
default protocol.)
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