Configuration using Web Based Management and Command Line Interface 
  4.5 The Switch menu 
SCALANCE X-300 / X-400 
Configuration Manual, 10/2014, C79000-G8976-C187-22 
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In the "Bridge Forward Delay" input box, enter the time before the new information is 
used. 
The default value for this parameter is 15 seconds. 
The "Root Forward Delay" display box shows the time until the new information is used at 
the root bridge. 
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Bridge Max Age [s] / Root Max Age [s]
 
In the "Bridge Max Age" input box, enter the maximum "Age" that a received BPDU can 
have and be accepted as valid by the device. 
The default value for this parameter is 20 seconds. 
The "Root Max Age" display box shows the setting of the maximum age for a received 
BPDU at the root bridge. 
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The "Bridge Max Hop Count" input box is only visible if "MSTP" is enabled on the 
"General" page and "MSTP" is set for "Protocol Compatibility".  
Enter the number of MSTP nodes that a BPDU can pass through in the "Bridge Max Hop 
Count" input box. 
If an MSTP BPDU is received that has a hop count higher than the value configured here, 
it is discarded. 
The default value for this parameter is 20. 
The following boxes relate to the configuration of the CIST regional root bridge as can be 
derived from the MSTP frames. 
The displayed data is only visible if "MSTP" is enabled on the "General" page and "MSTP" is 
set for "Protocol Compatibility". 
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The "Regional Root Priority" display box shows the priority of the CIST regional root 
bridge. 
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The "Regional Root Address" display box shows the MAC address of the CIST regional 
root bridge. 
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The "Regional Root Cost" display box shows the path costs from this device to the CIST 
regional root bridge. 
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Enter the name of the MSTP region to which this device belongs in the "Region Name" 
input box. 
As default, the MAC address of the device is entered here. 
This value must be the same on all devices that belong to the same MSTP region.