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AT-GS950/48 Web Interface User Guide
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4. In the upper portion of the page, you can set the following parameters:
Global STP Status - Use this menu to activate or de-activate the
MSTP feature on the switch. From the Global STP Status pull-
down menu at the top of the page, select one of the following
choices:
Enabled - The MSTP feature is active. The other parameters on
the web page become active and are eligible for data to be
entered.
Disabled - The MSTP feature is inactive. The other parameters
on the web page become inactive and are greyed out so that
data cannot be entered.
Caution
Enabling or disabling MSTP causes the switch to temporarily stop
switching Ethernet network traffic.
Note
BPDU Passthrough must be disabled before you enable MSTP.
Refer to “Displaying and Configuring Ports” on page 67.
Protocol Version - Select MSTP .
Bridge Priority - This parameter specifies the priority used in
determining the regional root for a particular MSTI. For more
information about
Bridge Priority , see Table 8 on page 384.
Maximum Age - The Maximum Age defines the amount of time a
port will wait for STP/RSTP information. MSTP uses this parameter
when interacting with STP/RSTP domains on the boundary ports.
Its range is 6 - 40 seconds.
Hello Time - This is the time interval between generating and
sending configuration messages by the bridge. This parameter is
active only when the switch is the root bridge.
Forward Delay - The Forward Delay defines the time that the
bridge spends in the listening and learning states. Its range is
4 - 30 seconds.
Transmit Hold Count - The Transmit Hold Count specifies the
maximum number of BPDUs that the bridge can send per second.
Its range is 1 - 10.