Figure 4-18 Global Conguraon
3. Congure the parameters.
Table 4-4 Parameters of STP
Parameter Descripon
STP Mode • STP: Spanning-tree protocol.
• RSTP: Rapid spanning-tree protocol. RSTP provides
faster spanning tree convergence
aer a topology
change.
Bridge Priority The lower the number is, the higher the priority is.
The range is from 0 to 61,440 seconds, in increments
of 4096; the default is 32,768. Valid values are 0, 4096,
12288, 16384 ... and 61440.
A switch with higher bridge priority is more likely to
become a root bridge.
Hello Time The me between each BPDU that is sent on a port,
which is used for port link diagnosis. The range is from
1 to 10 seconds. The default is 2 seconds.
Maximum Aging Time The maximum length of me that passes before a
bridge port saves its conguraon BPDU informaon.
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