ES-2108 Series User’s Guide
102 Chapter 11 Spanning Tree Protocol
11.3 Configure Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Use this screen to configure RSTP settings, see Section 11.1 on page 99 for more information
on RSTP. Click the Configuration link in the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Status screen
as shown next.
Figure 47 Spanning Tree Protocol: Configuration
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 25 Spanning Tree Protocol: Configuration
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Status Click Status to display the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Status screen (see
Figure 46 on page 101).
Active Select this check box to activate an STP tree. Clear this checkbox to disable an
STP tree.
Bridge Priority Bridge priority is used in determining the root switch, root port and designated port.
The switch with the highest priority (lowest numeric value) becomes the STP root
switch. If all switches have the same priority, the switch with the lowest MAC
address will then become the root switch. Select a value from the drop-down list
box.
The lower the numeric value you assign, the higher the priority for this bridge.
Bridge Priority determines the root bridge, which in turn determines Hello Time,
Max Age and Forwarding Delay.
Hello Time This is the time interval in seconds between BPDU (Bridge Protocol Data Units)
configuration message generations by the root switch. The allowed range is 1 to 10
seconds.
