Spanning Tree
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3.1 Basics
UM RedundConfig RSPL
Release 2.0 02/2013
3.1.2 Bridge parameters
In the context of Spanning Treee, each bridge and its connections are
uniquely described by the following parameters:
Bridge Identifier
Root Path Cost for the bridge ports,
Port Identifier
3.1.3 Bridge Identifier
The Bridge Identifier consists of 8 bytes. The 2 highest-value bytes are the
priority. The default setting for the priority number is 32,768, but the
Management Administrator can change this when configuring the network.
The 6 lowest-value bytes of the bridge identifier are the bridge’s MAC
address. The MAC address allows each bridge to have unique bridge
identifiers.
The bridge with the smallest number for the bridge identifier has the highest
priority.
Figure 16: Bridge Identifier, Example (values in hexadecimal notation)
MAC Address
Priority
LSB
MSB
80
80
00
00
63
51
74
00