Spanning-Tree Operation 
802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) 
[ mcheck ] 
Forces a port to send RSTP BPDUs for 3 seconds. This 
allows for another switch connected to the port and 
running RSTP to establish its connection quickly and for 
identifying switches running 802.1D STP. If the whole-
switch force-version parameter is set to stp-compatible, 
the switch ignores the mcheck setting and sends 802.1D 
STP BPDUs out all ports. Disable this feature on all ports 
that are known to be connected to devices that are running 
802.1D STP. (Default: Yes  - enabled) 
The no spanning-tree < port-list > mcheck ] command disables 
mcheck. 
Syntax:   spanning-tree < port-list > < hello-time | path-cost |  point-to-point-mac | 
priority > 
[ hello-time < global | 1 - 10 > 
When the switch is the CIST root, this parameter specifies 
the interval (in seconds) between periodic BPDU 
transmissions by the designated ports. This interval also 
applies to all ports in all switches downstream from each 
port in the < port-list >. A setting of global indicates that the 
ports in < port-list > on the CIST root are using the value set 
by the global spanning-tree hello-time value (page 62). 
When a given switch “X” is not the CIST root, the per-port 
hello-time for all active ports on switch “X” is propagated 
from the CIST root, and is the same as the hello-time in use 
on the CIST root port in the currently active path from 
switch “X” to the CIST root. (That is, when switch “X” is 
not the CIST root, then the upstream CIST root’s port hello-
time setting overrides the hello-time setting configured on 
switch “X”. (Default Per-Port setting: Use Global. Default 
Global Hello-Time: 2.) 
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