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Contents
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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 and 3032 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
OL-13270-06
How a Switch or Port Becomes the Root Switch or Root Port
18-8
Spanning Tree and Redundant Connectivity
18-8
Spanning-Tree Address Management
18-9
Accelerated Aging to Retain Connectivity
18-9
Spanning-Tree Modes and Protocols
18-10
Supported Spanning-Tree Instances
18-10
Spanning-Tree Interoperability and Backward Compatibility
18-11
STP and IEEE 802.1Q Trunks
18-11
VLAN-Bridge Spanning Tree
18-12
Spanning Tree and Switch Stacks
18-12
Configuring Spanning-Tree Features
18-13
Default Spanning-Tree Configuration
18-13
Spanning-Tree Configuration Guidelines
18-14
Changing the Spanning-Tree Mode.
18-15
Disabling Spanning Tree
18-16
Configuring the Root Switch
18-16
Configuring a Secondary Root Switch
18-18
Configuring Port Priority
18-18
Configuring Path Cost
18-20
Configuring the Switch Priority of a VLAN
18-21
Configuring Spanning-Tree Timers
18-22
Configuring the Hello Time
18-22
Configuring the Forwarding-Delay Time for a VLAN
18-23
Configuring the Maximum-Aging Time for a VLAN
18-23
Configuring the Transmit Hold-Count
18-24
Displaying the Spanning-Tree Status
18-24
C H A P T E R
19
Configuring MSTP
19-1
Understanding MSTP
19-2
Multiple Spanning-Tree Regions
19-2
IST, CIST, and CST
19-3
Operations Within an MST Region
19-3
Operations Between MST Regions
19-4
IEEE 802.1s Terminology
19-5
Hop Count
19-5
Boundary Ports
19-6
IEEE 802.1s Implementation
19-6
Port Role Naming Change
19-7
Interoperation Between Legacy and Standard Switches
19-7