Dell S3100 Command Line Reference Guide for the Series 9.82.0 - Page 1518

Version 7.6.1.0 7.5.1.0 6.2.1.1 Description Introduced on the S-Series. Introduced on the C-Series. Introduced on the E-Series. Usage Information The hello time is encoded in BPDUs in increments of 1/256ths of a second. The standard minimum hello time in seconds is 1 second, which is encoded as 256. Millisecond hello times are encoded using values less than 256; the millisecond hello time equals (x/1000)*256. When you configure millisecond hellos, the default hello interval of 2 seconds is still used for edge ports; the millisecond hello interval is not used. Related Commands • forward-delay - changes the wait time before RSTP transitions to the Forwarding state. • max-age - changes the wait time before RSTP refreshes the protocol configuration information. max-age To maintain configuration information before refreshing that information, set the time interval for the RSTP bridge. Syntax max-age seconds To return to the default values, use the no max-age command. Parameters max-age Enter a number of seconds the Dell Networking OS waits before refreshing configuration information. The range is from 6 to 40 seconds. The default is 20 seconds. Defaults 20 seconds Command Modes CONFIGURATION RSTP (conf-rstp) Command History This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide. Version 9.8(2.0) 9.8(0.0P5) 9.8(0.0P2) 9.7(0.0) Description Introduced on the S3100 series. Introduced on the S4048-ON. Introduced on the S3048-ON. Introduced on the S6000-ON. 1518 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)