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9.4 STP Global Setting
Use the SPT Global Setting screen to activate one of the STP modes on the
Switch. Click Configuration > Spanning Tree > STP Global Setting.
Figure 33 Configuration > Spanning Tree > STP Global Setting
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Listening All BPDUs are received and processed.
Note: The listening state does not exist in RSTP.
Learning All BPDUs are received and processed. Information frames are submitted to
the learning process but not forwarded.
Forwarding All BPDUs are received and processed. All information frames are received
and forwarded.
Table 16 STP Port States
PORT
STATE
DESCRIPTION
Table 17 Configuration > Spanning Tree > STP Global Setting
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Spanning Tree
Status
Select Enabled to use Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) or Rapid Spanning
Tree Protocol (RSTP).
Select Disable to not use STP or RSTP.
Force Version Select to use either Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) or Rapid Spanning
Tree Protocol (RSTP). See Section 9.1 on page 73 for background
information on STP.