Maximum Age for Awaiting Arrival of Hello BPDUs
The maximum age timer specifies the maximum expected arrival time of hello BPDUs. If the maximum age timer expires, the bridge detects that the link to the root bridge has failed and initiates a topology reconvergence. The maximum age timer should be longer than the configured hello timer.
To configure the maximum age timer, include the following statement:
max-age seconds;
You can include this statement at the following hierarchy levels:
- [edit protocols rstp]
- [edit protocols mstp]
- [edit protocols vstp vlan vlan-id]
- [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols rstp]
- [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols mstp]
- [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols vstp vlan vlan-id]
