5000 Series Layer 2/3 Managed Data Center Switch CLI Reference Guide
309
Spanning Tree Protocol Commands
This section describes the commands you use to configure Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). STP helps
prevent network loops, duplicate messages, and network instability.
.
5-206 spanning-tree
Sets the spanning-tree operational mode to enabled.
No
command sets the spanning-tree operational mode to disabled. While disabled, the spanning-tree
configuration is retained and can be changed, but is not activated.
spanning-tree
no spanning-tree
Parameters
None
Default
The default is Enabled.
Command Mode
Global Config
5-207 spanning-tree auto-edge
Use this command to allow the interface to become an edge port if it does not receive any BPDUs within
a given amount of time.
Use the
no
command to reset the auto-edge status of the port to the default value.
spanning-tree auto-edge
no spanning-tree auto-edge
Parameters
None
Default
The default is Enabled.