NPort 6000 Series Module Settings
Configuring RSTP
Bridge priority
Setting Description Factory Default
Numerical value
selected by user
Increase this device’s bridge priority by selecting a lower
number. A device with a higher bridge priority has a greater
chance of being established as the root of the Spanning Tree
topology.
32768
Hello time (sec.)
Setting Description Factory Default
Numerical value input
by user
The root of the Spanning Tree topology periodically sends out a
“hello” message to other devices on the network to check if the
topology is healthy. The “hello time” is the amount of time
root waits between sending hello messages.
2
Forward Delay
Setting Description Factory Default
Numerical value input
by user
The amount of time this device waits before checking to see if it
should change to a different state.
15 (sec.)
Max. Age (sec.)
Numerical value input
by user
If this device is not the root, and it has not received a hello
message from the root in an amount of time equal to “Max.
Age,” then this device will reconfigure itself as a root. Once two
or more devices on the network are recognized as a root, the
devices will renegotiate to set up a new Spanning Tree
topology.
20
Enable STP per Port
Setting Description Factory Default
Enable/Disable Select to enable the port as a node on the Spanning Tree