Spanning Tree Protocol

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration.

Properties

Enable Spanning Tree Protocol

Prevent network topology loops with STP (IEEE 802.1D).

  • Data type: boolean
  • Default: false
  • Configuration

CLI: (cli)> config network switch <key> stp enable

STP Priority

The spanning tree priority used during root election.

  • Data type: integer
  • Default: 32768
  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: 65535
  • Configuration
  • Required

CLI: (cli)> config network switch <key> stp priority

STP Group address

The link-local MAC address of the STP multicast group.

FormatDescription
MAC addressA MAC address with colon (:) separated octets.
  • Data type: string
  • Default: 01:80:c2:00:00:00
  • Configuration
  • Required

CLI: (cli)> config network switch <key> stp group-address

STP Hello time

The time between sending hello messages.

  • Data type: integer
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 2
  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 10
  • Configuration
  • Required

CLI: (cli)> config network switch <key> stp hello-time

STP Maximum age

The time after the receiving of a hello message before another bridge in the spanning tree is assumed to be dead.

  • Data type: integer
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 20
  • Minimum: 6
  • Maximum: 40
  • Configuration
  • Required

CLI: (cli)> config network switch <key> stp max-age

STP Forward delay

The time spent in each STP state (listening, learning, forwarding) before moving to the next state.

  • Data type: integer
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 15
  • Minimum: 2
  • Maximum: 30
  • Configuration
  • Required

CLI: (cli)> config network switch <key> stp forward-delay