Spanning tree protocol commands, Chapter 11, Bridge-priority – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Command Reference

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Chapter

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Spanning Tree Protocol Commands

bridge-priority

Specifies the priority of the bridge.

Synopsis

bridge-priority priority

no bridge-priority

Operands

priority

Specifies the bridge priority. The range of valid values is 0-61440.

Defaults

The default priority is 32678.

Command

Modes

Protocol Spanning Tree mode

Description

Use this command to set the bridge priority for the common instance. Using a lower priority value
indicates that the bridge might become root. Use the no bridge-priority command to return to the
default settings.

Usage

Guidelines

This command must be used to specify the priority of the bridge. The priority values can be set only
in increments of 4096.

Examples

To specify the bridge priority:

switch#configure terminal

switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree stp

switch(conf-stp)#bridge-priority 8192

switch#configure terminal

switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree rstp

switch(conf-rstp)#bridge-priority 8192

switch#configure terminal

switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree mstp

switch(conf-mstp)#bridge-priority 8192

see Also

protocol spanning-tree

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