Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual

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Spanning Tree Protocol configuration

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FIGURE 561

STP Configuration dialog box

3. Select the target switch, VLAN, or port from the Target Context list. Target contexts and

spanning tree options at the product, VLAN, or port level are listed in

Table 135

.

4. Select the type of spanning tree protocol from the Spanning Tree list.

5. Select the Enable check box if you want to enable the protocol you selected.

6. Enter a value in the Priority field to identify the root bridge in a spanning tree (instance of STP).

The bridge with the lowest value has the highest priority and is the root. A higher numerical
value means a lower priority; thus, the highest priority is 0. The values range from 0 through
61440 for a Fabric OS device; the default is 32768. The values range from 0 through 65535
for an IronWare device; the default is 32768.

7. Enter the number of seconds a bridge waits (the listen and learn period) before it begins to

forward data packets in the Forward Delay field. The values range from 4 through 30 seconds.
The default is 15 seconds.

8. Enter the number of seconds a root bridge waits before it sends the next BPDU in the Hello

Time field. The values range from 1 through 10 seconds. The default is 2 seconds.

9. Enter the number of seconds a bridge waits for a hello packet from the root bridge before

initiating a topology change in the Max Age field. The values range from 6 through 40 seconds.
The default is 20 seconds.

TABLE 135

Spanning tree configuration matrix

Target context

STP type

IOS VLAN

STP, RSTP

IOS Port

STP, RSTP

FOS Product

STP, RSTP, MSTP

FOS VLAN

MSTP

FOS Port

STP, RSTP, MSTP

NOS Product

STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST, and RPVST

NOS VLAN

MSTP

NOS Port

STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST, and RPVST

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