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Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management
Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters Menu
Figure 3-15 Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters Menu
Only the fields not displayed in bold type can be edited; the bold-
face type fields are read only.
❏ Bridge ID: the unique bridge identification tag assigned
to this AsantéBridge; based on the unit Ethernet address
and its priority
❏ Root ID: the bridge ID of the current root bridge; will
match the Bridge ID field only if this bridge is the cur-
rent root bridge
❏ Bridge State: indicating either Standby (not passing
packets between segments), or Active (passing packets
between segments)
❏ Priority:
❏
❏ Maximum Age: time the bridge will wait for a configura-
tion message from the active root bridge before starting
the bridge contention process.
❏ Hello Time: the time interval between issuing configura-
tion messages.
❏ Forward Delay: time the bridge takes to transition from
the listening state to the learning state, and from the
learning state to the forwarding state
❏ Ageout Time: the amount of time the bridge holds a for-
warding address in the forwarding table without hearing
from that address.