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Chapter 11 Spanning Tree Protocol

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11.4 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Status

Click Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol in the navigation panel to display
the status screen as shown next. See

Section 11.1 on page 95

for more information on RSTP.

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This screen is only available after you activate RSTP on the Switch.

Figure 46 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > Status: RSTP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 24 Advanced Application > Spanning Tree Protocol > Status: RSTP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Bridge

Root refers to the base of the spanning tree (the root bridge). Our Bridge is this

Switch. This Switch may also be the root bridge.

Bridge ID

This is the unique identifier for this bridge, consisting of bridge priority plus MAC

address. This ID is the same for Root and Our Bridge if the Switch is the root

switch.

Hello Time

(second)

This is the time interval (in seconds) at which the root switch transmits a

configuration message. The root bridge determines Hello Time, Max Age and

Forwarding Delay.

Max Age (second) This is the maximum time (in seconds) a switch can wait without receiving a

configuration message before attempting to reconfigure.

Forwarding Delay

(second)

This is the time (in seconds) the root switch will wait before changing states (that

is, listening to learning to forwarding).

Note: The listening state does not exist in RSTP.

Cost to Bridge

This is the path cost from the root port on this Switch to the root switch.

Port ID

This is the priority and number of the port on the Switch through which this Switch

must communicate with the root of the Spanning Tree.

Topology

Changed Times

This is the number of times the spanning tree has been reconfigured.

Time Since Last

Change

This is the time since the spanning tree was last reconfigured.