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Spanning Tree Commands
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Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)
Command Usage
• This command defines the priority for the use of a port in the Spanning Tree
Algorithm. If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same, the port with
the highest priority (that is, lowest value) will be configured as an active link in
the spanning tree.
• Where more than one port is assigned the highest priority, the port with lowest
numeric identifier will be enabled.
Example
Related Commands
spanning-tree cost (4-285)
This command specifies an interface as an edge port. Use the no form to restore the
default.
Syntax
spanning-tree edge-port [ auto ]
no spanning-tree edge-port
auto - Automatically determines if an interface is an edge port.
Default Setting
Disabled
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)
Command Usage
• You can enable this option if an interface is attached to a LAN segment that
is at the end of a bridged LAN or to an end node. Since end nodes cannot
cause forwarding loops, they can pass directly through to the spanning tree
forwarding state. Specifying Edge Ports provides quicker convergence for
devices such as workstations or servers, retains the current forwarding
database to reduce the amount of frame flooding required to rebuild address
tables during reconfiguration events, does not cause the spanning tree to
initiate reconfiguration when the interface changes state, and also overcomes
other STA-related timeout problems. However, remember that Edge Port
should only be enabled for ports connected to an end-node device.
• This command has the same effect as the spanning-tree portfast .
• If the “auto” option is used, the port will be automatically configured as an edge
port if the port state has transitioned from discarding to forwarding, and the
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/5
Console(config-if)#spanning-tree port-priority 0