Redundancy
186
7.5
Spanning Tree
RM Web
Release
6.0
07/2010
The following tables show the selection options and default settings, and
information on the global Spanning Tress settings for the bridge.
Parameter Meaning Possible Values Default Setting
Frame
„Function“
Switches the Spanning Tree function for
this device “On” or “Off”.
If you switch off the Spanning Tree for a
device globally, the device floods the
Spanning Tree packets received like
normal Multicast packets to the ports.
Thus the device behaves transparently
with regard to Spanning Tree packets.
On,
Off
On
Frame
„Protocol
Version“
Select the protocol version:
- RSTP (IEEE 802.1w), to use
Spanning Tree in combination for all the
configured VLANs,
- MSTP (IEEE 802.1s), to use
Spanning Tree separately for various
VLAN groups.
RSTP
(IEEE 802.1w),
MSTP
(IEEE 802.1s)
RSTP
(IEEE 802.1w)
Table 80: Global Spanning Tree settings, basic function