Redundancy
188
7.5
 
Spanning Tree
RM Web
Release
 
6.0
 
07/2010
Forward 
Delay
Sets the Forward Delay parameter.  
In the previous STP protocol, the Forward 
Delay parameter was used to delay the 
status change between the statuses 
disabled, discarding, learning, 
forwarding. Since the introduction of 
RSTP, this parameter only has a 
subordinate role, because the RSTP 
bridges negotiate the status change 
without any specified delay.
If the local device is the root, the other 
devices in the entire network take over this 
value. Otherwise the local device uses the 
value of the root bridge in the “Root” 
column on the right.
4 - 30 s
See the note 
following this table.
15 s
Max Age Sets the Max Age parameter.  
In the previous STP protocol, the Max Age 
parameter was used to specify the validity 
of STP BPDUs in seconds. For RSTP, 
Max Age signifies the maximum 
permissible branch length (number of 
devices to the root bridge).
If the local device is the root, the other 
devices in the entire network take over this 
value. Otherwise the local device uses the 
value of the root bridge in the “Root” 
column on the right.
6 - 40 s
See the note 
following this table.
20 s
TX Hold 
Count
Sets the HX Hold Count parameter.  
The TX Hold Count parameter specifies 
the maximum number of BPDUs that a 
port may send per second. If more BPDUs 
are waiting to be sent, the device rejects 
the remaining ones. When the global Hello 
Time has elapsed, the device sends all the 
currently waiting BPDUs until the 
maximum number is reached again.
1 - 40  
(based on RSTP 
standard: 1 - 10)
10
Parameter Meaning Possible Values Default Setting
Table 81: Global Spanning Tree settings, local bridge parameters