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You can view or modify the STA parameters through the Out-of-
Band Management, as shown in Table 3-3. Pay special attention
to the effects of each STA parameter in order to avoid erroneous
behavior in the network.
STA parameters Settings Effects Comment
Enable/Disable Enable /
Disable Participate in or
remove from
STA Enable in a SNMP
network
Bridge Priority lower the #,
higher the
priority Increases chance
of becoming the
Root Bridge Avoid, if the switch
is used in
workgroup level of
a large network
Hello Time 1 - 10 sec. No effect, if not
Root Bridge Never set greater
than Max. Age
Time
Max. Age Time 6 - 40 sec. Compete for
Root Bridge, if
BPDU is not
received Avoid low number
for unnecessary
reset of Root Bridge
Forward Delay 4 - 30 sec. High # delays
the change in
state
Max. Age ≤ 2 x
(Forward Delay -
1)
Max. Age
≥ 2 x
(HelloTime + 1)
Port Level STA parameters
Enable / Disable Enable /
Disable Enable or
disable this
LAN segment Disable a port for
security or problem
isolation
Port Priority lower the #,
higher the
priority Increases chance
of become Root
Port
Table Chapter 3 -3, User-selective STA parameters