Spanning Tree Port Priority

You can go to the IEEE web site and download 802.1D. Find the getieee button to do this.

In IEEE 802.1D, Clause 17 discusses the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, and refers back to Clause 9 for a discussion of the priority bits. These priority bits are part of the overall Switch ID (64 bits) and Port ID (16 bits). By configuring the priority bits, a network administrator can encourage the RSTP to use certain switches and data paths preferentially.

However, I don't know where HP finds enough bits for 128 levels. The IEEE standard mentions 3 or 4 bits assigned specifically to priority, not 7 bits.

Anyway, I would think that if RSTP is disabled, then how these bits are set should not matter.

Bert

Spanning Tree port priorities don't have any effect if the Spanning Tree Protocol entity itself is disabled.

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Thanks guys, that's kind of what I thought, but being a newb to this end of the spectrum, had to ask.

Thanks! Brian