3Com 3800 - Manual (Page 108)

7-10 C HAPTER 7: S PANNING T REE P ROTOCOL (STP)
Enabling STP on
the Switch To enable STP for one or more STP domains on your Switch, use the
following command at the administrator prompt:
enable stpd [ | all]
Configuring STP You can configure the following STP parameters for each STPD on the
Switch:
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Hello Time
■
Forward Delay
■
Max Age
■
Bridge Priority
You can configure the following STP parameters for each port on the
Switch:
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Path Cost
■
Port Priority
CAUTION: You should not configure any STP parameters unless you
have considerable knowledge and experience with STP. The default STP
parameters are adequate for most networks.
Table 7-1 shows the commands used to configure STP.
Table 7-1 STP Configuration Commands
Command Description
create stpd Allows you to create an STPD. When created, an STPD has
the following default parameters:
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Bridge priority — 32,768
■
Hello time — 2 seconds
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Forward delay — 15 seconds
enable stpd [ | all] Allows you to enable STP for one or more STPDs. The
default setting is disabled.
enable stpd port Allows you to enable STP on one or more ports.
config stpd add vlan Allows you to add a VLAN to the STPD.
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