Dell PowerConnect PC5524

468 Spanning-Tree Commands
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Syntax
spanning-tree mst instance-id priority priority
no spanning-tree mst instance-id priority
Parameters
• instance-id —Specifies the spanning-tree instance ID. (Range:1–15)
•
priority —Specifies the device priority for the specified spanning-tree
instance. This setting affects the likelihood that the switch is selected as
the root switch. A lower value increases the probability that the switch is
selected as the root switch. (Range: 0–61440)
Default Configuration
The default bridge priority for IEEE Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is 32768.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
The priority value must be a multiple of 4096.
The switch with the lowest priority is the root of the spanning tree.
Example
The following example configures the spanning tree priority of instance 1 to
4096.
Console(config)# spanning-tree mst 1 priority 4096
spanning-tree mst max-hops
Use the spanning-tree mst max-hops Global Configuration mode command
to configure the number of hops in an MST region before the BDPU is
discarded and the port information is aged out. Use the no form of this
command to restore the default configuration.
Syntax
spanning-tree mst max-hops hop-count