Spanning-tree mst max-hops – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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spanning-tree mst max-hops

spanning-tree mst max-hops

Use the spanning-tree mst max-hops global configuration command on the switch stack or on a
standalone switch to set the number of hops in a region before the bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) is
discarded and the information held for an interface is aged. Use the no form of this command to return
to the default setting.

spanning-tree mst max-hops hop-count

no spanning-tree mst max-hops

Syntax Description

Defaults

The default is 20 hops.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Usage Guidelines

The root switch of the instance always sends a BPDU (or M-record) with a cost of 0 and the hop count
set to the maximum value. When a switch receives this BPDU, it decrements the received remaining hop
count by one and propagates the decremented count as the remaining hop count in the generated
M-records. A switch discards the BPDU and ages the information held for the interface when the count
reaches 0.

Changing the spanning-tree mst max-hops command affects all spanning-tree instances.

Examples

This example shows how to set the spanning-tree max-hops to 10 for all multiple spanning-tree (MST)
instances:

Switch(config)# spanning-tree mst max-hops 10

You can verify your setting by entering the show spanning-tree mst privileged EXEC command.

Related Commands

hop-count

Number of hops in a region before the BPDU is discarded. The range is 1 to 255 hops.

Release

Modification

12.2(40)EX1

This command was introduced.

Command

Description

show spanning-tree

mst

Displays MST information.

spanning-tree mst forward-time

Sets the forward-delay time for all MST instances.

spanning-tree mst hello-time

Sets the interval between hello BPDUs sent by root switch
configuration messages.

spanning-tree mst max-age

Sets the interval between messages that the spanning tree
receives from the root switch.

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