Asante Technologies 1012 User Manual
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Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management
Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters Menu
Figure 3-15 Spanning Tree Bridge Parameters Menu
Only the fields
not
displayed in bold type can be edited; the bold-
face type fields are read only.
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Bridge ID:
the unique bridge identification tag assigned
to this AsantéBridge; based on the unit Ethernet address
and its priority
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Root ID:
the bridge ID of the current root bridge; will
match the
Bridge ID
field only if this bridge is the cur-
rent root bridge
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Bridge State:
indicating either
Standby
(not passing
packets between segments), or
Active
(passing packets
between segments)
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Priority:
❏
❏
Maximum Age:
time the bridge will wait for a configura-
tion message from the active root bridge before starting
the bridge contention process.
❏
Hello Time:
the time interval between issuing configura-
tion messages.
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Forward Delay:
time the bridge takes to transition from
the listening state to the learning state, and from the
learning state to the forwarding state
❏
Ageout Time:
the amount of time the bridge holds a for-
warding address in the forwarding table without hearing
from that address.