Chapter 53 Spanning Tree Protocol
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53.2 Spanning Tree Protocol Status
The Spanning Tree Protocol status screen changes depending on what standard you choose to
implement on your network. Click
SWITCHING
>
Spanning Tree Protocol
>
Spanning Tree Protocol Status
to see the screen as shown.
Figure 248
SWITCHING > Spanning Tree Protocol > Spanning Tree Protocol Status
This screen differs depending on which STP mode (RSTP, MRSTP or MSTP) you configure on the Switch. This
screen is described in detail in the section (
,
, and
) that follows the configuration section for each STP mode. Use the
SWITCHING
>
Spanning Tree Protocol
>
Spanning Tree Setup
screen to activate one of the STP standards on the
Switch.
53.3 Spanning Tree Setup
There are three
Auto path-cost Mode
). Choose the
Auto Path-cost Mode
according to the device average link speeds in the STP network.
If most of your devices support high link speed, you should select
Long
or
User-defined
mode. The path
cost of link speed slower than 10 Mbps can be set to 2000000, and the path cost of link speed faster than
10 Gbps can be set to 200. This way, the path costs can better reflect actual link speeds with a wider
range (32 bits) of path cost values. If the link speeds within the system are averagely smaller than 1
Gbps, you should select
Short
mode since
Short
mode have path cost values more detailed defined for
link speeds under1 Gbps.
The path cost values are described in the following tables.
