Spanning tree protocol commands, Chapter 11, Bridge-priority – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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Chapter
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Spanning Tree Protocol Commands
bridge-priority
Specifies the priority of the bridge.
Synopsis
bridge-priority priority
no bridge-priority
Operands
priority
Specifies the bridge priority. The range of valid values is 0-61440.
Defaults
The default priority is 32678.
Command
Modes
Protocol Spanning Tree mode
Description
Use this command to set the bridge priority for the common instance. Using a lower priority value
indicates that the bridge might become root. Use the no bridge-priority command to return to the
default settings.
Usage
Guidelines
This command must be used to specify the priority of the bridge. The priority values can be set only
in increments of 4096.
Examples
To specify the bridge priority:
switch#configure terminal
switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree stp
switch(conf-stp)#bridge-priority 8192
switch#configure terminal
switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree rstp
switch(conf-rstp)#bridge-priority 8192
switch#configure terminal
switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree mstp
switch(conf-mstp)#bridge-priority 8192
see Also
protocol spanning-tree