Dell PowerConnect 5424 - Spanning-Tree Cost; Spanning-Tree Port-Priority

352 Spanning-Tree Commands
spanning-tree cost
The spanning-tree cost Interface Configuration mode command configures the spanning-tree path cost
for a port. Use the no form of this command to reset the default port path cost.
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.
spanning-tree port-priority
The spanning-tree port-priority Interface Configuration mode command configures port priority. Use
the no form of this command to reset the default port priority.
Syntax
• spanning-tree port-priority priority
• no spanning-tree port-priority
• priority — The port priority. (Range: 0 - 240 in multiples of 16)
Default Configuration
The default port-priority for IEEE STP is 128.
Command Modes
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, port-channel) mode.
Console(config)# interface ethernet g5
Console(config-if)# spanning-tree cost 35000
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