Xerox KS-801 User Manual

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Click [Spanning] to view and change Spanning tree protocol settings.

The settings are:

Root Bridge Information

Priority

The priority is assigned to the switch. The higher
value is lower priority. Range: 0 - 65535

MAC Address

The MAC address of the switch as a unique identi-
fier to the network.

Root_Path_Cost

When this port is the root port, the path cost is the
contribution of the path through this port to the total
cost of the path to the root for this switch.

Root Port

The port that is closest to the Root Switch. Only one
port on each switch is assigned as the Root Port.

Max Age

Maximum Age Timer measures the age of the
received protocol information recorded for a port and
ensures that this information is discarded when its
age limit exceeds the value of the maximum age
parameter recorded by the switch. The time-out value
for this timer is the maximum age parameter of the
switches. Range : 10 - 200 sec

Hello Time

Determines how often the switch broadcasts its hello
message to other switches. Range : 1 - 10 sec

Forward Delay

Forward Delay Timer Monitors the time spent by a
port in the learning and listening states. The time-out
value is the forward delay parameter of the switch.

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