Spanning-tree portfast – Accton Technology Direk Tronik ES4524D User Manual

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Spanning Tree Commands

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cause forwarding loops, they can pass directly through to the spanning tree
forwarding state. Specifying Edge Ports provides quicker convergence for
devices such as workstations or servers, retains the current forwarding
database to reduce the amount of frame flooding required to rebuild address
tables during reconfiguration events, does not cause the spanning tree to
initiate reconfiguration when the interface changes state, and also overcomes
other STA-related timeout problems. However, remember that Edge Port
should only be enabled for ports connected to an end-node device.

• This command has the same effect as the spanning-tree portfast.

Example

Related Commands

spanning-tree portfast (51-14)

spanning-tree portfast

This command sets an interface to fast forwarding. Use the no form to disable fast
forwarding.

Syntax

[no] spanning-tree portfast

Default Setting

Disabled

Command Mode

Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)

Command Usage

• This command is used to enable/disable the fast spanning-tree mode for the

selected port. In this mode, ports skip the Discarding and Learning states, and
proceed straight to Forwarding.

• Since end-nodes cannot cause forwarding loops, they can be passed through

the spanning tree state changes more quickly than allowed by standard
convergence time. Fast forwarding can achieve quicker convergence for
end-node workstations and servers, and also overcome other STA related
timeout problems. (Remember that fast forwarding should only be enabled for
ports connected to a LAN segment that is at the end of a bridged LAN or for
an end-node device.)

• This command is the same as spanning-tree edge-port, and is only included

for backward compatibility with earlier products. Note that this command may
be removed for future software versions.

Console(config)#interface ethernet ethernet 1/5
Console(config-if)#spanning-tree edge-port
Console(config-if)#

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