218 CHAPTER 15: SPANNING-TREE COMMANDS
Syntax
spanning-tree pathcost method {long | short}
no spanning-tree pathcost method
Parameters
■ long — Specifies port path costs with a range of 1-200,000,000 .
■ short — Specifies port path costs with a range of 0-65,535.
Default Configuration
Short path cost method.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
This command is only operational with the device in Interface mode.
This command applies to all spanning tree instances on the device.
The cost is set using the spanning-tree cost command.
Example
The following example sets the default path cost method to long.
spanning-tree bpdu The spanning-tree bpdu Global Configuration mode command defines
BPDU handling when the spanning tree is disabled globally or on a single
interface. To restore the default configuration, use the no form of this
command.
Syntax
spanning-tree bpdu {filtering | flooding}
no spanning-tree bpdu
Parameters
■ filtering — Filter BPDU packets when the spanning tree is disabled on
an interface.
Console(config)#
spanning-tree pathcost method long