Reference Guide

Figure 90. Load Balancing with PVST+
The bridge with the bridge value for bridge priority is elected root. Because all bridges use the default priority (until
configured otherwise), the lowest MAC address is used as a tie-breaker. To increase the likelihood that a bridge is
selected as the STP root, assign bridges a low non-default value for bridge priority.
To assign a bridge priority, use the following command.
• Assign a bridge priority.
PROTOCOL PVST mode
vlan bridge-priority
The range is from 0 to 61440.
The default is 32768.
To display the PVST+ forwarding topology, use the show spanning-tree pvst [vlan vlan-id] command
from EXEC Privilege mode.
Example of the show spanning-tree pvst vlan Command
FTOS_E600(conf)#do show spanning-tree pvst vlan 100
VLAN 100
Root Identifier has priority 4096, Address 0001.e80d.b6d6
Root Bridge hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bridge Identifier has priority 4096, Address 0001.e80d.b6d6
Configured hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
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