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1416 | spanning-tree vlan range (PVST+) Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.2 | Reference Guide
spanning-tree vlan range (PVST+)
spanning-tree vlan range <WORD>
[forward-time <value> | hello-time <value> | max-age <value> | priority <value>]
Description
Configure PVST+ on a range of VLANs.
Syntax
Parameter Description Range Default
<WORD>
Enter a string representing the VLAN range -- --
forward-time
Specifies the time, in seconds, the VLANs spends in
the listening and learning state before transition to
the forward state. 4-30 15 seconds
hello-time
Set the time interval, in seconds, between
transmission of BPDUs. 1-10 2 seconds
max-age Set the time interval for the PVST+ bridge to
maintain configuration information before refreshing
that information. 6-40 20 seconds
priority
Set the priority of a bridge to make it more or less
likely to become the root bridge. The bridge with the
lowest value has the highest priority.
When configuring the priority, remember the
following:
The highest priority bridge is the root bridge.
The highest priority value is 0 (zero). 0-65535 32768
Example
The following command sets the time the VLAN range 2-3 spends in the listening and learning state to 3 seconds:
spanning-tree vlan range 2-3 forward-time 3
The following command sets the time the VLAN range 2-3 waits to transmit BPDUs to 4 seconds:
spanning-tree vlan range 2-3 hello-time 4
The following command sets the time the VLAN range 2-3 waits to receive a hello packet to 30 seconds:
spanning-tree vlan range 2-3 max-age 30
The following command sets the VLAN range 2-3 priority to 10, making it more likely to become the root bridge:
spanning-tree vlan range 2-3 priority 10
Command History
Release Modification
ArubaOS 6.0 Command introduced