Dell S4820T, Configuration Manual

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NOTE: With large configurations (especially those configurations with more ports) Dell
Networking recommends increasing the hello-time.
The range is from 1 to 10.
The default is 2 seconds .
• Change the max-age parameter.
PROTOCOL SPANNING TREE RSTP mode
max-age seconds
The range is from 6 to 40.
The default is 20 seconds .
To view the current values for global parameters, use the
show spanning-tree rstp
command from
EXEC privilege mode.
Enabling SNMP Traps for Root Elections and Topology Changes
To enable SNMP traps, use the following command.
• Enable SNMP traps for RSTP, MSTP, and PVST+ collectively.
snmp-server enable traps xstp
Modifying Interface Parameters
On interfaces in Layer 2 mode, you can set the port cost and port priority values.
• Port cost — a value that is based on the interface type. The previous table lists the default values. The
greater the port cost, the less likely the port is selected to be a forwarding port.
• Port priority — influences the likelihood that a port is selected to be a forwarding port in case that
several ports have the same port cost.
To change the port cost or priority of an interface, use the following commands.
• Change the port cost of an interface.
INTERFACE mode
spanning-tree rstp cost cost
The range is from 0 to 65535.
The default is listed in the previous table.
• Change the port priority of an interface.
INTERFACE mode
spanning-tree rstp priority priority-value
The range is from 0 to 15.
The default is 128 .
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Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)