Contents
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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP Software Configuration Guide
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Forwarding State
17-7
Disabled State
17-7
How a Switch or Port Becomes the Root Switch or Root Port
17-8
Spanning Tree and Redundant Connectivity
17-8
Spanning-Tree Address Management
17-9
Accelerated Aging to Retain Connectivity
17-9
Spanning-Tree Modes and Protocols
17-10
Supported Spanning-Tree Instances
17-10
Spanning-Tree Interoperability and Backward Compatibility
17-11
STP and IEEE 802.1Q Trunks
17-11
VLAN-Bridge Spanning Tree
17-11
Spanning Tree and Switch Stacks
17-12
Configuring Spanning-Tree Features
17-12
Default Spanning-Tree Configuration
17-13
Spanning-Tree Configuration Guidelines
17-13
Changing the Spanning-Tree Mode.
17-15
Disabling Spanning Tree
17-16
Configuring the Root Switch
17-16
Configuring a Secondary Root Switch
17-18
Configuring Port Priority
17-18
Configuring Path Cost
17-20
Configuring the Switch Priority of a VLAN
17-21
Configuring Spanning-Tree Timers
17-22
Configuring the Hello Time
17-22
Configuring the Forwarding-Delay Time for a VLAN
17-23
Configuring the Maximum-Aging Time for a VLAN
17-23
Configuring the Transmit Hold-Count
17-24
Displaying the Spanning-Tree Status
17-24
C H A P T E R
18
Configuring MSTP
18-1
Understanding MSTP
18-2
Multiple Spanning-Tree Regions
18-2
IST, CIST, and CST
18-3
Operations Within an MST Region
18-3
Operations Between MST Regions
18-4
IEEE 802.1s Terminology
18-5
Hop Count
18-5
Boundary Ports
18-6