How do I enable STP on my HP switch?

Step 1: Start up STP Select your root bridge (the central most switch in your network). Enter CLI and type configure to enter config mode. Then enter spanning-tree to enable it. That’s all you need to do on a switch to get STP up and running.

How do I know if my HP switch is STP?

To enable the spanning tree feature in STP/RSTP/MSTP mode follow the steps given below:

  1. Enter system view and use the command: system-view.
  2. Enable the spanning tree feature globally: stp enable.
  3. Enter interface view or port group view:
  4. Enable the spanning tree feature for the port or group of ports and use the command:

How do I turn off STP on my HP switch?

Use this command line :

  1. Be in enable & config mode.
  2. show spanning-tree config (shows you how is your config)
  3. no spanning tree (turns off spanning tree)

What is STP configuration?

The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is defined by IEEE standard 802.1D-1988. The STP generates a single spanning tree inside a network. Such mode proved to be useful for supporting applications and protocols in which frames are delivered out of sequence or as duplicates.

Should I disable STP?

You really, really do not want to disable STP where you connect switches to other switches. That is the entire purpose of STP. If you disable STP, and there is a problem, it will really be too late because your entire network could crash when you notice it, and recovering from a broadcast storm is no fun at all.

What is STP used for?

Spanning tree protocol (STP) (IEEE 802.1D) is predominantly used to prevent layer 2 loops and broadcast storms and is also used for network redundancy.

How do I turn off spanning tree?

Select Wired > Settings > Spanning Tree. Under Spanning Tree Mode, select Disable, STP, or RSTP. Tap Save.

Do I need STP?

STP can help prevent bridge looping on LANs that include redundant links. Without STP, it would be difficult to implement that redundancy and still avoid network looping. STP monitors all network links, identifies redundant connections and disables the ports that can lead to looping.