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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Chapter 7 Configuring Spanning Tree
Configuring Multiple Spanning Tree on the Switch
Console> (enable)
set spantree fwddelay 16 mistp-instance 1
Instance 1 forward delay set to 16 seconds.
Console> (enable)
Configuring the Maximum Aging Time
Enter the
set spantree maxage
command to change the spanning-tree maximum aging time for a VLAN
or an instance. The possible range of
agingtime
is 6–40 seconds.
To configure the spanning-tree maximum aging time for a VLAN or an instance, perform this task in
privileged mode:
This example shows how to configure the spanning-tree maximum aging time for VLAN 100 to
36 seconds:
Console> (enable)
set spantree maxage 36 100
Spantree 100 max aging time set to 36 seconds.
Console> (enable)
This example shows how to set the maximum aging time for an instance to 25 seconds:
Console> (enable)
set spantree maxage 25 mistp-instance 1
Instance 1 max aging time set to 25 seconds.
Console> (enable)
Configuring Multiple Spanning Tree on the Switch
These sections describe how to configure MST:
•
Enabling Multiple Spanning Tree, page 7-51
•
Mapping and Unmapping VLANs to an MST Instance, page 7-58
Enabling Multiple Spanning Tree
To enable and configure MST on the switch, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Command
Step 1
Configure the maximum aging time for a VLAN
or an MISTP instance.
set spantree maxage
agingtime
[
vlans
]
mistp-instance
instances
Step 2
Verify the configuration.
show spantree
[
mod/port
]
mistp-instance
[
instances
] [
active
]
Task
Command
Step 1
Begin in PVST+ mode.
set spantree mode
pvst+
[
mistp
|
pvst+
|
mistp-pvst+
|
mst
]
Step 2
Display the STP ports.
show spantree active
Step 3
Configure the MST region.
set spantree mst config
{[
name
name
] | [
revision
number
] [
commit
|
rollback
|
force
]}