Local timers are used in case you will loose your root bridge. If different switch will become root bridge his local setting will apply for whole bridge domain. Basically u configure it to have predictable behaviour.
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Nic Bhasin <[email protected]>wrote: > They are also used for TCN BPDUs the switch generates. > > On Feb 26, 2011, at 20:22, Jay Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Transparent mode or in case that switch somehow ends up as root. > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Paul Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> It seems that the local timers are worthy configuring either for > >> transparent mode switches or just for single number of switch from vtp > >> domain point of view. > >> Right guess? > >> > >> Thanks a lot, > >> Paul > >> > >> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Paul Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi Jay, > >>> > >>> Another question then. > >>> Is there any specific reason that the local timer is present then? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Paul > >>> > >>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Jay Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Yes and yes. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Paul Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Dear Experts, > >>>>> > >>>>> Per my lab test for hello and forward-time over PVST, the locally > >>>>> configured timers at non-root-switch is not being used but the one > >>>>> configured at the root switch. > >>>>> > >>>>> Is this true with maxage-time? > >>>>> Is it true with RSTP? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks a lot, > >>>>> Paul > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, > >> please > >>>>> visit www.ipexpert.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
