Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual
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Spanning Tree Protocol configuration
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FIGURE 561
STP Configuration dialog box
3. Select the target switch, VLAN, or port from the Target Context list. Target contexts and
spanning tree options at the product, VLAN, or port level are listed in
.
4. Select the type of spanning tree protocol from the Spanning Tree list.
5. Select the Enable check box if you want to enable the protocol you selected.
6. Enter a value in the Priority field to identify the root bridge in a spanning tree (instance of STP).
The bridge with the lowest value has the highest priority and is the root. A higher numerical
value means a lower priority; thus, the highest priority is 0. The values range from 0 through
61440 for a Fabric OS device; the default is 32768. The values range from 0 through 65535
for an IronWare device; the default is 32768.
7. Enter the number of seconds a bridge waits (the listen and learn period) before it begins to
forward data packets in the Forward Delay field. The values range from 4 through 30 seconds.
The default is 15 seconds.
8. Enter the number of seconds a root bridge waits before it sends the next BPDU in the Hello
Time field. The values range from 1 through 10 seconds. The default is 2 seconds.
9. Enter the number of seconds a bridge waits for a hello packet from the root bridge before
initiating a topology change in the Max Age field. The values range from 6 through 40 seconds.
The default is 20 seconds.
TABLE 135
Spanning tree configuration matrix
Target context
STP type
IOS VLAN
STP, RSTP
IOS Port
STP, RSTP
FOS Product
STP, RSTP, MSTP
FOS VLAN
MSTP
FOS Port
STP, RSTP, MSTP
NOS Product
STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST, and RPVST
NOS VLAN
MSTP
NOS Port
STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST, and RPVST