Accelerated Aging To Retain Connectivity; Configuring Spanning-Tree Features - Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual
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Chapter 10
Configuring STP
Figure 10-3 Spanning Tree and Redundant Connectivity
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You can also create redundant links between switches by using EtherChannel groups. For more
information, see
Accelerated Aging to Retain Connectivity
The default for aging dynamic addresses is 5 minutes, the default setting of the mac-address-table
aging-time global configuration command. However, a spanning-tree reconfiguration can cause many
station locations to change. Because these stations could be unreachable for 5 minutes or more during a
reconfiguration, the address-aging time is accelerated so that station addresses can be dropped from the
address table and then relearned. The accelerated aging is the same as the forward-delay parameter value
(spanning-tree vlan vlan-id forward-time seconds global configuration command) when the spanning
tree reconfigures.
Because each VLAN is a separate spanning-tree instance, the switch accelerates aging on a per-VLAN
basis. A spanning-tree reconfiguration on one VLAN can cause the dynamic addresses learned on that
VLAN to be subject to accelerated aging. Dynamic addresses on other VLANs can be unaffected and
remain subject to the aging interval entered for the switch.
Configuring Spanning-Tree Features
These sections include spanning-tree configuration information:
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Switch A
switch
switch
Switch B
Active link
Blocked link
Chapter 25, "Configuring EtherChannels."
Default STP Configuration, page 10-10
Disabling STP, page 10-11
STP Configuration Guidelines, page 10-10
Configuring the Root Switch, page 10-12
Configuring a Secondary Root Switch, page 10-13
Configuring the Port Priority, page 10-14
Configuring the Path Cost, page 10-15
Configuring the Switch Priority of a VLAN, page 10-17
Switch C
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Workstations
Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide
Configuring Spanning-Tree Features
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