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Disabled state – D-Link DES-3326 User Manual

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DES-3326 Layer 3 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

Disabled State

A port in the disabled state does not participate in frame forwarding or STP. A port in the disabled state
is virtually non-operational.

A disabled port does the following:

• Discards packets received from the network segment to which it is attached.

• Discards packets sent from another port on the switch for forwarding.

• Does not add addresses to its forwarding database.

• Receives BPDUs, but does not direct them to the system CPU.

• Does not receive BPDUs for transmission from the system CPU.

• Receives and responds to network management messages.

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