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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP Software Configuration Guide
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Accelerated Aging to Retain Connectivity
16-8
Spanning-Tree Modes and Protocols
16-9
Supported Spanning-Tree Instances
16-9
Spanning-Tree Interoperability and Backward Compatibility
16-10
STP and IEEE 802.1Q Trunks
16-10
Configuring Spanning-Tree Features
16-10
Default Spanning-Tree Configuration
16-11
Spanning-Tree Configuration Guidelines
16-12
Changing the Spanning-Tree Mode.
16-13
Disabling Spanning Tree
16-14
Configuring the Root Switch
16-14
Configuring a Secondary Root Switch
16-16
Configuring Port Priority
16-16
Configuring Path Cost
16-18
Configuring the Switch Priority of a VLAN
16-19
Configuring Spanning-Tree Timers
16-20
Configuring the Hello Time
16-20
Configuring the Forwarding-Delay Time for a VLAN
16-21
Configuring the Maximum-Aging Time for a VLAN
16-21
Configuring the Transmit Hold-Count
16-22
Displaying the Spanning-Tree Status
16-22
C H A P T E R
17
Configuring MSTP
17-1
Understanding MSTP
17-2
Multiple Spanning-Tree Regions
17-2
IST, CIST, and CST
17-3
Operations Within an MST Region
17-3
Operations Between MST Regions
17-4
IEEE 802.1s Terminology
17-5
Hop Count
17-5
Boundary Ports
17-6
IEEE 802.1s Implementation
17-6
Port Role Naming Change
17-7
Interoperation Between Legacy and Standard Switches
17-7
Detecting Unidirectional Link Failure
17-8
Interoperability with IEEE 802.1D STP
17-8