Users Guide

2 Place the interfaces in VLANs.
3 Enable PVST+.
4 Optionally, for load balancing, select a nondefault bridge-priority for a VLAN.
Related Conguration Tasks
• Modifying Global PVST+ Parameters
• Modifying Interface PVST+ Parameters
• Conguring an EdgePort
• Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change
• Prevent Network Disruptions with BPDU Guard
• Enabling SNMP Traps for Root Elections and Topology Changes
• Conguring Spanning Trees as Hitless
• PVST+ in Multi-Vendor Networks
• Enabling PVST+ Extended System ID
• PVST+ Sample Congurations
Enabling PVST+
When you enable PVST+, Dell Networking OS instantiates STP on each active VLAN.
1 Enter PVST context.
PROTOCOL PVST mode
protocol spanning-tree pvst
2 Enable PVST+.
PROTOCOL PVST mode
no disable
Disabling PVST+
To disable PVST+ globally or on an interface, use the following commands.
• Disable PVST+ globally.
PROTOCOL PVST mode
disable
• Disable PVST+ on an interface, or remove a PVST+ parameter conguration.
INTERFACE mode
no spanning-tree pvst
Example of Viewing PVST+ Conguration
To display your PVST+ conguration, use the show config command from PROTOCOL PVST mode.
Dell_E600(conf-pvst)#show config verbose
!
protocol spanning-tree pvst
no disable
vlan 100 bridge-priority 4096
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+)
635