User Manual

M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches
Configure Switching Information User Manual230
Configure PVST VLAN Settings
You can view and configure Per VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (PVST)/Per VLAN Rapid
Spanning Tree Protocol (RPVST) VLAN settings for the device.
To configure PVST/RPVST VLAN settings for the device:
1. Launch a web browser
.
2. In the address field of your web browser
, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login window opens.
3. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password,
and click the Login
button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must specify a
local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.
The System Information page displays.
4. Select Switching > STP >
Advanced > PVST VLAN in the navigation menu.
5. Select a VLAN ID, a unique VLAN identifier, from the list of VLANs with enabled STP Admin
mode and PVST or RPVST.
6. In the Root list, select None, Primary, or Secondary.
The default value is None. This setting configures the switch to become the root bridge or
standby root bridge by modifying the bridge priority from the default value of 32768 to a
lower value calculated to ensure the bridge is the root (or standby) bridge.
7. In the Hello T
ime field, configure the spanning tree hello time interval for the specified
VLAN
The hello time is the interval between sending successive BPDUs. Allowed values range
from 1 to 10 seconds.
The default value is 2 seconds.