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AT-S62 User’s Guide
Section IV: Spanning Tree Protocols 383
Displaying MSTP Port Settings and Status
The MSTP Port Parameters menu, shown in Figure 120 on page 380, 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:
❑ Edge-Port
❑ Point-to-Point Port
❑ External or Internal Port Cost
❑ Port Priority
3 - Display MSTP Port State
This selection displays a menu that contains the following MSTP
operating status for a port:
❑ 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.
❑ 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.)
❑ Role - Indicates the MSTP role of the port. Possible roles are: root,
alternate, backup, and designated.
❑ Internal Port Cost - The port cost when the port is connected to a
bridge in the same region.
❑ Version - Indicates whether the port is operating in MSTP mode or
STP-compatible mode.