Administrator Guide

Layer 2 Switching Commands 766
User Guidelines
When configuring the Max-Age the following relationships should be
satisfied:
2*(Forward-Time - 1) >= Max-Age
Max-Age >= 2*(Hello-Time + 1)
Example
The following example configures the spanning-tree bridge maximum-age to
10 seconds.
console(config)#spanning-tree max-age 10
spanning-tree max-hops
Use the spanning-tree max-hops command to set the MSTP Max Hops
parameter to a new value for the common and internal spanning tree. Use the
“no” form of this command to reset the Max Hops to the default.
Syntax
spanning-tree max-hops hops
no spanning-tree max-hops
• hops — The maximum number of hops to use (Range: 6 to 40).
Default Configuration
The maximum number of hops is 20 by default.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.
Example
console(config)#spanning-tree max-hops 32