CLI changed for RSTP in 2824 firmware I.10.43?

[J Vesterdahl]

Hi all.

A while ago I configured my network for RSTP and it's been humming along nicely since then.
Now I am about to expand the network, and for those switches that should be part of the RSTP ring, I want to disable the "edge-port" property of the relevant ports.
According to the Advanced Traffic Management Guide of oct05, the CLI command is "no span edge-port".
This worked nicely on a 2626 running fw H.08.98m, and I believe that's what I wrote back when I configured my 2824s using an earlier firmware.
Now with firmware version I.10.43 in a 2824, this does not work. The help "?" gives me the option of using admin-edge-port, but what is that, and why can't I use the old command?

I'm OK, because the settings are available in the menu, but does anyone know what's changed and if so, why it's not documented?

[Holger Hasenaug · Accepted solution]

The change was done to be consistent to most other ProCurve series and to be consitent to the latest STP standard:

old command:

ProCurve5406zl(config)# spanning-tree a1 edge-port (no longer available but automatically converted to new command after upgrade)

new command:

ProCurve5406zl(config)# spanning-tree a1 admin-edge-port

new commands not yet available before:

ProCurve5406zl(config)# spanning-tree a1 ?
admin-edge-port Set the administrative edge port status.
auto-edge-port Set the automatic edge port detection.


For further description refer to another series (5400zl) Advanced Traffic
Management Guide, page 4-27.

[J Vesterdahl]

Yikes ... lots of new stuff!

It looks like my network doesn't mind MSTP, because the spanning-tree operation works like it always has.
I'll have to dig into the new parameters when I get back from vacation, though. It looks like the default auto-edge detection could reduce the initial configuration when adding new switches to the network, and there may be a handy tweak or two in there as well.

Thanks for the reply.

[Matt Hobbs]

auto-edge is the best thing since sliced bread, love it.

[J Vesterdahl]

Sure looks like it :-)

Oh, the ATM Guide for 2824 switches is due for an update, in anyone from HP is listening.
The 5400zl Guide was not my first choice when I tried to find info about the changed CLI in the 2824.