Configuring STP parameters

RUCKUS ICX Layer 2 switches and Layer 3 switches support standard Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) as described in the IEEE 802.1D specification.

Each port-based VLAN on a RUCKUS device runs a separate spanning tree. A RUCKUS device has one port-based VLAN (VLAN 1) that contains all the device ports. However, if you configure additional port-based VLANs on a RUCKUS device, then each of those VLANs on which STP is enabled and the VLAN 1 run separate spanning trees.

If you configure a port-based VLAN on the device, the VLAN has the same STP state as the default STP state on the device. Thus, by default on Layer 2 switches, new VLANs have STP enabled and on Layer 3 switches, new VLANs have STP disabled. You can enable or disable STP in each VLAN separately and also on individual ports.

Using the Web Management Interface, you can change the default STP bridge and port parameters.