Spanning-tree cost – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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spanning-tree cost

Changes an interface's spanning-tree port path cost.

.Synopsis

spanning-tree cost cost

Operands

cost Specifies the path cost for the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) calculations. The

range of valid values is 1-200000000.

Defaults

The default path cost is 200000000.

Command

Modes

Interface configuration mode

Description

Use this command to configure the path cost for spanning-tree calculations.

Usage

Guidelines

Lower path cost indicates a greater chance of becoming root.

Examples

To set the port cost to 128:

switch(conf-if-te-0/1)#spanning-tree cost 128