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Displaying mstp port settings and status – Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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AT-S62 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide

Section IV: Spanning Tree Protocols

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Displaying MSTP Port Settings and Status

The MSTP Port Parameters menu, shown in Figure 182 on page 536, has
two selections for displaying a variety of MSTP port information. The two
menu selections are described below. (To display the menu, from the
MSTP Menu, type P to select MSTP Port Parameters.)

2 - Display MSTP Port Configuration
This selection displays a menu that contains the current port settings for
the following MSTP parameters:

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Edge-Port

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Point-to-Point Port

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External or Internal Port Cost

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Port Priority

3 - Display MSTP Port State
This selection displays a menu that contains the following MSTP operating
status for a port:

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State - Identifies the MSTP state of the port. Possible states are:
discarding, learning, and forwarding. A state of disabled means the
port has not established a link with its end node.

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MSTI-ID - The MSTI ID of the VLAN containing the port. (The MSTI ID
for a regional boundary port is always 0, even if the VLAN containing
the port has been associated with a MSTI other than CIST.)

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Role - Indicates the MSTP role of the port. Possible roles are: root,
alternate, backup, and designated.

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Internal Port Cost - The port cost when the port is connected to a
bridge in the same region.

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Version - Indicates whether the port is operating in MSTP mode or
STP-compatible mode.