bridge-priority

Specifies the bridge priority for the common instance.

Syntax

bridge-priority priority
no bridge-priority

Command Default

The default priority is 32768.

Parameters

priority
Specifies the bridge priority. Valid values range from 0 through 61440 in increments of 4096.

Modes

Protocol Spanning Tree mode

Usage Guidelines

The priority values can be set only in increments of 4096.

Using a lower priority value indicates that the bridge might become root.

Enter no bridge-priority to return to the default priority.

Examples

To specify the bridge priority:

device# configure terminal
device(config)# protocol spanning-tree stp
device(conf-stp)# bridge-priority 8192
 
device# configure terminal
device(config)# protocol spanning-tree rstp
device(conf-rstp)# bridge-priority 8192
 
device# configure terminal
device(config)# protocol spanning-tree mstp
device(conf-mstp)# bridge-priority 8192