HP MSR2000/3000/4000 Router Series Layer 2 - LAN Switching Command Reference

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Views
System view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
factor: Sets the timeout factor in the range of 1 to 20.
Usage guidelines
After the network topology is stabilized, each non-root-bridge device forwards configuration BPDUs to
the surrounding devices at the interval of hello time to determine whether any link is faulty. If a device
does not receive a BPDU from the upstream device within nine times of the hello time, it assumes that the
upstream device has failed and will start a new spanning tree calculation process.
In a stable network, this kind of spanning tree calculation might occur because the upstream device is
busy. You can avoid such unwanted spanning tree calculations by lengthening the timeout interval (by
setting the timeout factor to 4 or more), thus saving network resources. HP recommends that you set the
timeout factor to 5, 6, or 7 for a stable network.
Examples
# Set the timeout factor of the device to 7.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] stp timer-factor 7
Related commands
stp timer hello
stp transmit-limit
Use stp transmit-limit to set the maximum number of BPDUs that the ports can send within each hello
time.
Use undo stp transmit-limit to restore the default.
Syntax
stp transmit-limit limit
undo stp transmit-limit
Default
The maximum transmission rate of all ports is 10. Each port can send up to 10 BPDUs within each hello
time.
Views
Layer 2 Ethernet interface view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
limit: Sets the maximum number of BPDUs the ports can send within each hello time, in the range of 1 to
255.