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Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
This command applies to all the spanning tree instances on the switch.
• If the short method is selected, the switch calculates the default cost as
100.
• If the long method is selected, the switch calculates the default cost as
20000.
Example
The following example sets the default path cost method to Long.
console(config)# spanning-tree pathcost method long
spanning-tree bpdu (Global)
Use the spanning-tree bpdu Global Configuration mode command to define
Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) handling when the spanning tree is
disabled globally or on a single interface. Use the no form of this command to
restore the default configuration.
Syntax
spanning-tree bpdu {filtering | flooding}
no spanning-tree bpdu
Parameters
• filtering—Specifies that BPDU packets are filtered when the spanning tree
is disabled on an interface.
• flooding—Specifies that untagged BPDU packets are flooded
unconditionally (without applying VLAN rules) to all ports with the
spanning tree disabled and BPDU handling mode of flooding. Tagged
BPDU packets are filtered.