Hi Gaurav, Where can I find the values of max-age & forward delays in relation to spanning-tree network diameter? I've been searching on the net but I'm unable to get complete information at one place..
I'd appreciate your support. Regards, Syed On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:29 PM, GAURAV MADAN <[email protected]>wrote: > Well .. to make things easier there is a cli which will tell you that > diameter of X will give what values for hello , dead and max age . > This is available in all cat based switches . Please see below : > > > SW8#test spanning-tree diameter 2 > diameter 2 and hello time 2 gives max age = 10 and forward delay 7 > SW8# > SW8#test spanning-tree diameter 3 > diameter 3 and hello time 2 gives max age = 12 and forward delay 9 > SW8# > > > So you can play around and set the diameter accordingly . > > Regards > Gaurav Madan > CCIE > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Syed Zaidi <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is an extract from Cisco configuration guide for Catalyst 3560.. how > > can setting L2 diameter help us in CCIE lab? Are the candidate tested on > > this in relation to reducing convergence timers? > > Use the diameter keyword to specify the Layer 2 network diameter (that > is, > > the maximum number of switch hops between any two end stations in the > > Layer 2 network). When you specify the network diameter, the switch > > automatically sets an optimal hello time, forward-delay time, and > > maximum-age time for a network of that diameter, which can significantly > > reduce the convergence time. You can use the hello keyword to override > the > > automatically calculated hello time. > > Regards, > > Syed > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > >
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