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Display the cst interface status – NETGEAR M4350-24F4V 24-Port 10G SFP+ Managed AV Network Switch User Manual

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21. Click the Apply button.

Your settings are saved.

22. To save the settings to the running configuration, click the Save icon.

The following table describes the view-only fields on the page.

Table 66. CST port configuration information

Description

Field

The setting of the Hello Timer for the CST. By default, the setting is 2.

Hello Timer

Indicates if an edge port that receives BPDU packets is enabled or disabled.

BPDU Guard Effect

Indicates the current STP state of the interface. If enabled, the port state
determines what forwarding action is taken on traffic. Possible port states are
as follows:

Disabled: STP is currently disabled on the interface. The interface forwards

traffic while learning MAC addresses.

Blocking: The interface is currently blocked and cannot be used to forward

traffic or learn MAC addresses.

Listening: The interface is currently in the listening mode. The interface

cannot forward traffic nor can it learn MAC addresses.

Learning: The interface is currently in the learning mode. The interface cannot

forward traffic. However, it can learn new MAC addresses.

Forwarding: The interface is currently in the forwarding mode. The interface

can forward traffic and learn new MAC addresses.

Manual forwarding: The interface is currently in the manual forwarding

mode. The interface can forward traffic and learn new MAC addresses.

Port Forwarding State

Display the CST interface status

You can display the Common Spanning Tree (CST) status information for interfaces on
the switch.

To display the CST interface status:

1. Launch a web browser.

2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.

If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see Log in to the main UI with a web
browser
on page 27 and the subsections.

The login page displays.

3. Click the Main UI Login button.

The main UI login page displays in a new tab.

4. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password, and click the Login

button.

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