User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Section I
- Basic Operations
- Chapter 1
- Basic Switch Parameters
- Chapter 2
- Port Parameters
- Chapter 3
- SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c
- Chapter 4
- MAC Address Table
- Chapter 5
- Static Port Trunks
- Chapter 6
- Port Mirroring
- Section II
- Advanced Operations
- Chapter 7
- File System
- Chapter 8
- File Downloads and Uploads
- Chapter 9
- Event Logs and the Syslog Client
- Chapter 10
- IGMP Snooping
- Section III
- SNMPv3
- Chapter 11
- 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 the SNMPv3 Tables
- Displaying the User Table Entries
- Displaying the View Table Entries
- Displaying the Access Table Entries
- Displaying the SecurityToGroup Table Entries
- Displaying the Notify Table Entries
- Displaying the Target Address Table Entries
- Displaying the Target Parameters Table Entries
- Displaying the SNMPv3 Community Table Entries
- Section IV
- Spanning Tree Protocols
- Chapter 12
- Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocols
- Section V
- Virtual LANs
- Chapter 13
- Port-based and Tagged VLANs
- Section VI
- Port Security
- Chapter 14
- 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control
- Index

Chapter 12: Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocols
184 Section IV: Spanning Tree Protocols
Enabling or Disabling a Spanning Tree Protocol
To enable or disable a spanning tree protocol on the switch or to select the
active spanning tree protocol:
1. From the Home page, click the Configuration button.
2. From the Configuration menu, click the Layer 2 button.
3. Select the Spanning Tree tab, shown in Figure 70.
Figure 70. Spanning Tree Tab
4. To select a spanning tree protocol for the stack, click the STP or RSTP
radio button for the Active Protocol Version parameter. The default is
RSTP.
Caution
Do not select Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP). MSTP is not
supported in a stack.
Note
A stack can support only one spanning tree protocol at a time.
5. To enable or disable the spanning tree protocol on the stack, 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.