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Interlogix GE-DS-242-PoE User Manual

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Chapter 4: Console Management

GE-DS-242-PoE Managed Ethernet Switch User Manual

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NOTE:

On the switch level, STP calculates the Bridge Identifier for each switch

and then sets the Root Bridge and the Designated Bridges.

On the port level, STP sets the Root Port and the Designated Ports.

The following are the user-configurable STP parameters for the switch:

PARAMETER

DESCRIPTION

DEFAULT
VALUE

Bridge Identifier
(Not user
configurable
except by setting
priority below)

A combination of the User-set priority and the
switch's MAC address.

The Bridge Identifier consists of two parts:

a 16-bit priority and a 48-bit Ethernet MAC address
32768 + MAC.

32768 + MAC

Priority

A relative priority for each switch - lower numbers
give a higher priority and a greater chance of a
given switch being elected as the root bridge.

32768

Hello Time

The length of time between broadcasts of the hello
message by the switch.

2 seconds

Maximum Age
Timer

Measures the age of a received BPDU for a port
and ensures that the BPDU is discarded when its
age exceeds the value of the maximum age timer.

20 seconds

Forward Delay
Timer

The amount time spent by a port in the learning
and listening states waiting for a BPDU that may
return the port to the blocking state.

15 seconds

The following are the user-configurable STP parameters for the port or port group
level:

PARAMETER

DESCRIPTION

DEFAULT VALUE

Port Priority

A relative priority for each switch - lower numbers
give a higher priority and a greater chance of a
given switch being elected as the root bridge.

128

Port Cost

A value used by STP to evaluate paths - STP
calculates path costs and selects the path with the
minimum cost as the active path.

200,000-100Mbps
Fast Ethernet ports

20,000-1000Mbps
Gigabit Ethernet
ports

0 - Auto