User guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Section I
- Basic Operations
- Chapter 1
- Basic Switch Parameters
- Configuring the Switch’s Name, Location, and Contact
- Changing the Manager and Operator Passwords
- Setting the System Date and Time
- Rebooting a Switch
- Pinging a Remote System
- Returning the AT-S63 Management Software to the Factory Default Values
- Displaying the IP Address of the Local Interface
- Displaying System Information
- Chapter 2
- Port Parameters
- Chapter 3
- Enhanced Stacking
- Chapter 4
- SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c
- Chapter 5
- MAC Address Table
- Chapter 6
- Static Port Trunks
- Chapter 7
- Port Mirroring
- Section II
- Advanced Operations
- Chapter 8
- File System
- Chapter 9
- File Downloads and Uploads
- Chapter 10
- Event Logs and Syslog Client
- Chapter 11
- Classifiers
- Chapter 12
- Access Control Lists
- Chapter 13
- Class of Service
- Chapter 14
- Quality of Service
- Chapter 15
- Denial of Service Defenses
- Chapter 16
- IGMP Snooping
- Section III
- SNMPv3
- Chapter 17
- SNMPv3
- Configuring the SNMPv3 Protocol
- Enabling or Disabling SNMP Management
- Configuring the SNMPv3 User Table
- Configuring the SNMPv3 View Table
- Configuring the SNMPv3 Access Table
- Configuring the SNMPv3 SecurityToGroup Table
- Configuring the SNMPv3 Notify Table
- Configuring the SNMPv3 Target Address Table
- Configuring the SNMPv3 Target Parameters Table
- Configuring the SNMPv3 Community Table
- Displaying SNMPv3 Tables
- Section IV
- Spanning Tree Protocols
- Chapter 18
- Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocols
- Chapter 19
- Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
- Section V
- Virtual LANs
- Chapter 20
- Port-based and Tagged VLANs
- Chapter 21
- GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
- Section VI
- Port Security
- Chapter 22
- MAC Address-based Port Security
- Chapter 23
- 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control
- Section VII
- Management Security
- Chapter 24
- Encryption Keys, PKI, and SSL
- Chapter 25
- Secure Shell (SSH)
- Chapter 26
- TACACS+ and RADIUS Protocols
- Chapter 27
- Management Access Control List
- Index

Chapter 18: Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocols
274 Section IV: Spanning Tree Protocols
Enabling or Disabling a Spanning Tree Protocol
To enable or disable spanning tree on the switch or to select the active
spanning tree protocol, perform the following procedure:
1. From the Home page, select Configuration.
2. From the Configuration menu, select the Layer 2 option.
3. Select the Spanning Tree tab.
The Spanning Tree tab is shown in Figure 109.
Figure 109. Spanning Tree Tab (Configuration)
4. To select a spanning tree version, from the Active Protocol Version
parameter click STP, RSTP, or MSTP. The default is RSTP.
Note
Only one spanning tree protocol can be active on the switch at a
time.
5. To enable or disable spanning tree, click the Enable Spanning Tree
check box. A check indicates that the feature is enabled while no
check indicates that the feature is disabled. The default is disabled.
6. Click Apply.
A change to the status of the spanning tree protocol is immediately
implemented on the switch.