Dell PowerConnect 5324 - Spanning-Tree Cost

266 Spanning-Tree Commands
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Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, port-channel) mode
User Guidelines
• When STP is disabled, the device will not forward STP BPDU's based on the Forward BPDU's
setting.
Example
The following example disables spanning-tree on g5.
spanning-tree cost
The spanning-tree cost Interface Configuration mode command configures the spanning-tree path
cost for a port. To reset the default port path cost, use the
no form of this command.
Syntax
spanning-tree cost cost
no spanning-tree cost
• cost —The port path cost (Range: 1 - 200,000,000)
Default Configuration
For the default short pathcost method, the cost values are: port channel - 4; 1000 mbps - 4;
100 mbps - 19; 10 mbps - 100.
Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, port-channel) mode
User Guidelines
• The method used (long or short) is set by using the spanning-tree pathcost method
command.
Example
The following example configures the spanning-tree cost on g5 to 35000.
Console (config)# interface ethernet g5
Console (config-if)# spanning-tree disable
Console(config)# interface ethernet g5
Console(config-if)# spanning-tree cost 35000