Disabling Spanning Tree; Configuring The Root Switch - Cisco 2950 - Catalyst Switch Configuration Manual

Configuring Spanning-Tree Features

Disabling Spanning Tree

Spanning tree is enabled by default on VLAN 1 and on all newly created VLANs up to the spanning-tree
limit specified in the
only if you are sure there are no loops in the network topology.
When spanning tree is disabled and loops are present in the topology, excessive traffic and indefinite
Caution
packet duplication can drastically reduce network performance.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to disable spanning tree on a per-VLAN basis.
This procedure is optional.
Command
Step 1
configure terminal
Step 2
no spanning-tree vlan vlan-id
Step 3
end
Step 4 show spanning-tree vlan vlan-id
Step 5
copy running-config startup-config
To re-enable spanning tree, use the spanning-tree vlan vlan-id global configuration command.

Configuring the Root Switch

The switch maintains a separate spanning-tree instance for each active VLAN configured on it. A bridge
ID, consisting of the switch priority and the switch MAC address, is associated with each instance. For
each VLAN, the switch with the lowest bridge ID becomes the root switch for that VLAN.
To configure a switch to become the root for the specified VLAN, use the spanning-tree vlan vlan-id
root global configuration command to modify the switch priority from the default value (32768) to a
significantly lower value. When you enter this command, the switch checks the switch priority of the
root switches for each VLAN. Because of the extended system ID support, the switch sets its own
priority for the specified VLAN to 24576 if this value will cause this switch to become the root for the
specified VLAN.
If any root switch for the specified VLAN has a switch priority lower than 24576, the switch sets its own
priority for the specified VLAN to 4096 less than the lowest switch priority. (4096 is the value of the
least-significant bit of a 4-bit switch priority value as shown in
The spanning-tree vlan vlan-id root global configuration command fails if the value necessary to be the
Note
root switch is less than 1.
Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 2955 Switch Software Configuration Guide
14-14
"Supported Spanning-Tree Instances" section on page
Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Disable spanning tree on a per-VLAN basis.
For vlan-id, you can specify a single VLAN identified by VLAN ID
number, a range of VLANs separated by a hyphen, or a series of VLANs
separated by a comma. The range is 1 to 1005 when the SI is installed and
1 to 4094 when the EI is installed.
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Verify your entries.
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Chapter 14 Configuring STP
14-9. Disable spanning tree
Table 14-1 on page 14-4.)
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