Dell PowerConnect 3548 Command Line Interface Guide - Page 359

Command Mode Global Configuration mode. User Guidelines When configuring the forwarding time, the following relationship should be kept: - 2*(Forward-Time - 1) >= Max-Age Example The following example configures the Spanning Tree bridge forwarding time to 25 seconds. Console(config)# spanning-tree forward-time 25 spanning-tree hello-time The spanning-tree hello-time Global Configuration mode command configures the Spanning Tree bridge hello time, which is how often the device Broadcasts Spanning Tree BPDUs to other devices. Use the no form of this command to return to the default configuration. Syntax • spanning-tree hello-time seconds • no spanning-tree hello-time • seconds - Time in seconds. (Range: 1 - 10) Default Configuration The default hello time for IEEE Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is 2 seconds. Command Mode Global Configuration mode. User Guidelines When configuring the hello time, the following relationship should be kept: - Max-Age >= 2*(Hello-Time + 1) Example The following example configures Spanning Tree bridge hello time to 5 seconds. Console(config)# spanning-tree hello-time 5 Spanning-Tree Commands 359