Dell Force10 S4810P, Reference Manual

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Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+)
The Dell Force10 operating software (FTOS) implementation of per-VLAN spanning tree plus (PVST+) is based on the
IEEE 802.1d standard spanning tree protocol.
PVST+ is supported by FTOS on the E-Series, C-Series, S-Series, Z-Series, or S4810 Dell Force10 systems.
NOTE: For easier command line entry, the plus (+) sign is not used at the command line.
description
Enter a description of the PVST+.
C-Series, E-Series, S-Series, Z-Series, S4810
Syntax description { description }
To remove the description, use the
no description { description }
command.
Parameters
description
Enter a description to identify the spanning tree (80 characters
maximum).
Defaults none
Command Modes SPANNING TREE PVST+ (The prompt is “config-pvst”.)
Command History
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
pre-Version
7.7.1.1 Introduced.
Related
Commands
protocol spanning-tree pvst – enter SPANNING TREE mode on the switch.
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