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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference—Release IOS XE 3.4.0SG and IOS 15.1(2)SG)
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Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
spanning-tree mst max-age
spanning-tree mst max-age
To set the max-age timer for all the instances, use the spanning-tree mst max-age command. To return to
the default settings, use the no form of this command.
spanning-tree mst max-age seconds
no spanning-tree mst max-age
Syntax Description
Defaults The max-age timer is set for 20 seconds.
Command Modes Global configuration mode
Command History
Examples This example shows how to set the max-age timer:
Switch(config)# spanning-tree mst max-age 40
Switch(config)#
Related Commands
seconds Number of seconds to set the max-age timer for all the instances on the Catalyst 4500
series switch; valid values are from 6 to 40 seconds.
Release Modification
12.1(12c)EW Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series switch.
Command Description
show spanning-tree mst Displays MST protocol information.