Passivestp, Ping – Enterasys Networks 6H2xx User Manual
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passiveStp
Description:
Allows management of PassiveStp on this device. The user may
enable/disable or see the current status of PassiveStp.
Passive Mode Spanning tree allows ports on leaf bridges to transition very
quickly and not invoke a global network re-span through requesting root
elections by:
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Not allowing switches to become the root node;
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Not allowing switches to send configuration BPDUs;
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Expiring the message age timer when a link transitions to a down state;
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Moving the 802.1D Blocked state directly to forwarding; and
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Using a default or locally defined Passive STP Max Age time.
Syntax:
passiveStp [ enable | disable | status ]
Options:
enable – Enables PassiveStp on this device.
disable – Disables PassiveStp on this device.
status – Indicates the current status of Passive STP.
Example:
->PassiveStp disable
Disabled
->PassiveStp status
Passive is disabled
Passive Maxage = 2000
ping
Description:
Generates an outbound ping request to check the status (alive/not alive) of a
device at a specified IP address.
Syntax:
ping [IP address]
Options:
None
Example:
-> ping 122.144.40.10
122.144.40.10 is alive