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ICP DAS USA MSM-6226 User Manual

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Publication date: Sep, 2009

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3-14-2. STP Configuration

The STP, Spanning Tree Protocol, actually includes RSTP. In the Spanning

Tree Configuration, there are six

parameters open for the user to configure as

user’s idea. Each parameter description is listed below.


Function name:

STP Configuration

Function description:

User can set the following Spanning Tree parameters to control STP function
enable/disable, select mode RSTP/STP and affect STP state machine
behavior to send BPDU in this switch. The default setting of Spanning Tree
Protocol is “Disable”.

Fig. 3-42


Parameter description:

Spanning Tree Protocol:

Set 802.1W Rapid STP function Enable / Disable. Default is “Disable”

Bridge Priority:

The lower the bridge priority is, the higher priority it has. Usually, the
bridge with the highest bridge priority is the root. If you want to have the

MSM-6226 as root bridge, you can set this value lower than that of
bridge in the LAN. The valid value is 0 ~ 61440. The default is 32768.

Hello Time:

Hello Time is used to determine the periodic time to send normal BPDU
from designated ports among bridges. It decides how long a bridge
should send this message to other bridge to tell I am alive. When the

MSM-6226 is the root bridge of the LAN, for example, all other bridges