Operation Manual – MSTP 
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510  Chapter 1  
MSTP Configuration
 
Huawei Technologies Proprietary 
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Path cost can be determined by switch or through manual configuration. 
I. Standards for calculating path costs of ports 
Currently, a switch can calculate the path costs of ports based on one of the following 
standards: 
z  dot1d-1998: Adopts the IEEE 802.1D-1998 standard to calculate the default path 
costs of ports. 
z  dot1t: Adopts the IEEE 802.1t standard to calculate the default path costs of ports. 
z  legacy: Adopts the standard defined by private to calculate the default path costs 
of ports. 
Table 1-22 Specify the standard for calculating path costs 
Operation  Command  Description 
Enter system view 
system-view 
— 
Specify the 
standard to be 
used to calculate 
the default path 
costs of the links 
connected to the 
ports of the switch 
stp pathcost-standard 
{  dot1d-1998 | dot1t | 
legacy } 
Optional 
By default, the IEEE 802.1t 
standard is used to calculate 
the default path costs. 
 
Table 1-23 Transmission speeds and the corresponding path costs 
Transm
ission 
speed
Operation mode 
(half-/full-duplex) 
802.1D-1998 IEEE 802.1t 
Proprietary 
standard  
0 -  65,535 200,000,000 200,000 
10 
Mbps 
Half-duplex/Full-duplex
Aggregated link 2 ports
Aggregated link 3 ports
Aggregated link 4 ports
100 
95 
95 
95 
200,000 
1,000,000 
666,666 
500,000 
2,000 
1,800 
1,600 
1,400 
100 
Mbps 
Half-duplex/Full-duplex
Aggregated link 2 ports
Aggregated link 3 ports
Aggregated link 4 ports
19 
15 
15 
15 
200,000 
100,000 
66,666 
50,000 
200 
180 
160 
140 
1,000 
Mbps 
Full-duplex 
Aggregated link 2 ports
Aggregated link 3 ports
Aggregated link 4 ports
4 
3 
3 
3 
200,000 
10,000 
6,666 
5,000 
20 
18 
16 
14