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Spanning Tree and Redundant Connectivity
Accelerated Aging to Retain Connectivity
Supported Spanning-Tree Instances
STP and IEEE 802.1Q Trunks
VLAN-Bridge Spanning Tree
Default Spanning-Tree Configuration
Changing the Spanning-Tree Mode
Configuring the Root Switch
Configuring Port Priority
Configuring Path Cost
Configuring the Hello Time
Feature Information for STP
Configuring Multiple Spanning-Tree Protocol
Finding Feature Information
Prerequisites for MSTP
MSTP Configuration
MSTP Configuration Guidelines
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