Spanning-tree edge-port – LevelOne FGL-2870 User Manual

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Spanning Tree Commands

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Command Mode

Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)

Command Usage

• This command defines the priority for the use of a port in the Spanning Tree

Algorithm. If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same, the port with
the highest priority (that is, lowest value) will be configured as an active link in
the spanning tree.

• Where more than one port is assigned the highest priority, the port with lowest

numeric identifier will be enabled.

Example

Related Commands

spanning-tree cost (4-279)

spanning-tree edge-port

This command specifies an interface as an edge port. Use the no form to restore the
default.

Syntax

spanning-tree edge-port [auto]
no spanning-tree edge-port

auto - Automatically determines if an interface is an edge port.

Default Setting

Disabled

Command Mode

Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)

Command Usage

• You can enable this option if an interface is attached to a LAN segment that

is at the end of a bridged LAN or to an end node. Since end nodes cannot
cause forwarding loops, they can pass directly through to the spanning tree
forwarding state. Specifying Edge Ports provides quicker convergence for
devices such as workstations or servers, retains the current forwarding
database to reduce the amount of frame flooding required to rebuild address
tables during reconfiguration events, does not cause the spanning tree to
initiate reconfiguration when the interface changes state, and also overcomes
other STA-related timeout problems. However, remember that Edge Port
should only be enabled for ports connected to an end-node device.

• This command has the same effect as the spanning-tree portfast.
• If the “auto” option is used, the port will be automatically configured as an edge

port if the port state has transitioned from discarding to forwarding, and the

Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/5
Console(config-if)#spanning-tree port-priority 0

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