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Chapter 11 Spanning Tree Protocol

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11.6 Configure Multiple Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

To configure MRSTP, click MRSTP in the Advanced Application > Spanning Tree
Protocol
screen. See

Section 11.1 on page 109

for more information on MRSTP.

Figure 54 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > MRSTP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 27 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > MRSTP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Status

Click Status to display the MRSTP Status screen (see

Figure 53 on page 118

).

Tree

This is a read only index number of the STP trees.

Active

Select this check box to activate an STP tree. Clear this checkbox to disable an

STP tree.

Note: You must also activate Multiple Rapid Spanning Tree in the

Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol >
Configuration
screen to enable MRSTP on the Switch.

Bridge Priority

Bridge priority is used in determining the root switch, root port and designated port.

The switch with the highest priority (lowest numeric value) becomes the STP root

switch. If all switches have the same priority, the switch with the lowest MAC

address will then become the root switch. Select a value from the drop-down list

box.
The lower the numeric value you assign, the higher the priority for this bridge.
Bridge Priority determines the root bridge, which in turn determines Hello Time,

Max Age and Forwarding Delay.

Hello Time

This is the time interval in seconds between BPDU (Bridge Protocol Data Units)

configuration message generations by the root switch. The allowed range is 1 to

10 seconds.

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