"spanning-tree pathcost method {long|short}" command

From: Antonio Soares (amsoares@netcabo.pt)
Date: Wed Feb 07 2007 - 21:19:22 ART


Dear GS,

Please confirm that this command is not supported in both the 3550's and
3560's. The command is not documented in either command references.

IEWBv4 users will notice that in Lab 4, when using this command in Task 1.7,
it will break task 1.4:

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Rack1SW2#sh spanning-tree v 258

VLAN0258
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 258
Address 0014.a86b.6480
Cost 57
Port 18 (FastEthernet1/0/16)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 33026 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 258)
Address 000f.905f.5b00
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 15

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type
---------------- ---- --- --------- --------
--------------------------------
Fa1/0/2 Desg FWD 100 128.4 Shr
Fa1/0/13 Altn BLK 100 128.15 P2p
Fa1/0/14 Altn BLK 100 128.16 P2p
Fa1/0/15 Altn BLK 100 128.17 P2p
Fa1/0/16 Root FWD 19 128.18 P2p <----- Root Port
Fa1/0/17 Altn BLK 19 128.19 P2p
Fa1/0/18 Altn BLK 19 128.20 P2p

Rack1SW2#
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SW1, SW2, SW3, and SW4:
spanning-tree pathcost method long
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Rack1SW2#sh spanning-tree v 258

VLAN0258
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 258
Address 0014.a86b.6480
Cost 100
Port 15 (FastEthernet1/0/13)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec

Bridge ID Priority 33026 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 258)
Address 000f.905f.5b00
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 15

Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type
---------------- ---- --- --------- --------
--------------------------------
Fa1/0/2 Desg FWD 2000000 128.4 Shr
Fa1/0/13 Root FWD 100 128.15 P2p <----- Root Port
Fa1/0/14 Altn BLK 100 128.16 P2p
Fa1/0/15 Altn BLK 100 128.17 P2p
Fa1/0/16 Desg FWD 200000 128.18 P2p
Fa1/0/17 Desg FWD 200000 128.19 P2p
Fa1/0/18 Desg FWD 200000 128.20 P2p

Rack1SW2#
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Thanks,
Antonio



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