Operation Manual – MSTP
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 MSTP Configuration
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1.3.7 Configuring Timers of MSTP
MSTP involves three timers: forward delay, hello time and max age. You can configure
these three parameters for MSTP to calculate spanning trees.
I. Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure the timers of MSTP:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the forward
delay timer
stp timer forward-delay
centi-seconds
Optional
1,500 centiseconds (15
seconds) by default
Configure the hello time
timer
stp timer hello
centi-seconds
Optional
200 centiseconds (2
seconds) by default
Configure the max age
timer
stp
timer max-age
centi-seconds
Optional
2,000 centiseconds (20
seconds) by default
These three timers set on the root bridge of the CIST apply on all the devices on the
entire switched network.