Dell Force10 MXL Blade - Adding an Interface to the Spanning Tree Group; Removing an Interface from the Spanning Tree Group

582 | Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
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To confirm that a port is participating in STP, use the show spanning-tree 0 brief command from EXEC
privilege mode (Figure 33-6).
Figure 33-6. show spanning-tree brief Command Example
Adding an Interface to the Spanning Tree Group
To add a Layer 2 interface to the STP topology, use the following command:
Removing an Interface from the Spanning Tree Group
To remove a Layer 2 interface from the STP topology, use the following command:
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Enable spanning tree on a Layer 2 interface.
spanning-tree 0
INTERFACE
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Disable spanning tree on a Layer 2 interface.
no spanning-tree 0
INTERFACE
FTOS#show spanning-tree 0 brief
Executing IEEE compatible Spanning Tree Protocol
Root ID Priority 32768, Address 0001.e80d.2462
We are the root of the spanning tree
Root Bridge hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bridge ID Priority 32768, Address 0001.e80d.2462
Configured hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bpdu filter disabled globally
Interface Designated
Name PortID Prio Cost Sts Cost Bridge ID PortID
-------------- ------ ---- ---- --- ----- ----------------- ------
Tengig 1/1 8.496 8 4 DIS 0 32768 0001.e80d.2462 8.496
Tengig 1/2 8.497 8 4 DIS 0 32768 0001.e80d.2462 8.497
Tengig 1/3 8.513 8 4 FWD 0 32768 0001.e80d.2462 8.513
Tengig 1/4 8.514 8 4 FWD 0 32768 0001.e80d.2462 8.514
FTOS#