NETGEAR FSM726 - ProSafe Managed Switch, Setup Manual

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700 Series Software Manual v2.1
5-36 Web-Based Management Interface
Spanning Tree can be enabled or disabled in this screen.
Enable : There are four other tunable parameters to be addressed when enabled.
Hello Time Time between configuration messages sent by the Spanning Tree algorithm
Max Age Amount of time before a configuration message is discarded by the system
Forward Delay Amount of time system spent transitioning from the ‘learning’ to the
‘listening’ to the ‘forwarding’ states
Bridge Priority Priority setting among other switches in the Spanning Tree
Disable : Disable Spanning Tree algorithm on the system.
Advanced> Spanning Tree > Port Settings
Figure 5-37: Figure 4-26. Spanning Tree: Port Settings
For the Port Settings options, you can specify Spanning Tree port priority, cost, and Fastlink
parameters for each port.