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Managing the DES-3216

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Root Port

Specifies the preferred path to the Root Bridge. Only one path per bridge can exist. The
default setting is none.

Table 4: User Selective STA parameters

STA parameters

Settings

Effects

Comment

Enable/Disable

Enable/
Disable

Participate in or
remove from
STA

Enable in a
SNMP network.

Bridge Priority

Lower the
#, higher
the
priority

Increases
chance of
becoming the
Root Bridge

Avoid, if the
switch is used in
workgroup level of
a large network

Hello Time

1 – 10
seconds

No effect, if not
Root Bridge

Never set greater
than Max Age
Time

Max Age Time

6 – 40
seconds

Compete for
Root Bridge, if
BPDU is not
received

Avoid low number
for unnecessary
reset of Root
Bridge

Forward Delay

4 – 30
seconds

High # delays
the change in
state

Max Age < 2 x
(Forward Delay -
1)
Max Age > 2 x
Hello Time + 1)

Port Level STA parameters
Enable/ Disable

Enable/
disable

Enable or
disable LAN
segment

Disable a port for
security or
problem isolation

Port Priority

Lower the
#, higher
the
priority

Increases
chance of
becoming the
Root Port