Configuring RPVST+ at a glance

The general steps for configuring RPVST+ via the CLI are:

Procedure
  1. Select RPVST+ as the active spanning tree mode by entering the following command: spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst

    To begin with the default RPVST+ configuration (recommended), go to step 6.

  2. Configure global spanning tree parameters.
  3. Configure per-VLAN parameters.
  4. Configure per-port per-VLAN parameters. These commands affect RPVST+ operation on traffic associated with the specified VLAN(s) through the specified port(s).
  5. Configure per-port parameters. These commands affect RPVST+ operation for all traffic through the specified port(s).
  6. Use one of the following commands to enable RPVST+ spanning tree operation on the switch:
    1. One or more selected VLANs:
      spanning-tree vlan vid-list
    2. One or more selected VLANs:
      spanning-tree vlan vid-list
    3. The first 400 VLANs:
      spanning-tree

      Any VLANs in excess of the first 400 would have RPVST+ disabled. In this case, use the no spanning-tree vlan vid-list command to change the mix of RPVST+ enabled and disabled VLANs.

Additional configuration options include: