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Enabled — Indicates fast link is enabled on the port.

Auto — Enables the device to automatically establish a fast link.

Disabled — Indicates fast link is disabled on the port.

Root Guard — Restricts the interface from acting as the root port of the switch. The possible field values are:

Enable — Indicates Root Guard is enabled on the port

Disable — Indicates Root Guard is disabled on the port.

Default Path Cost — Specifies if Default Path Cost is enabled. The possible field values are:

Enable — Enables the default path cost on the port.

Disable — Disables the default path cost on the port.

Path Cost — Defines the port contribution to the root path cost. The path cost is adjusted to a higher or lower value, and is used to forward traffic when a path is re-routed. The field range is 1-200,000,000.

Priority — Defines the priority value of the port. The priority value influences the port choice when a bridge has two ports connected in a loop. The priority value is between 0-240. The priority value is determined in increments of 16.

RSTP Link Type — Specifies whether a Point-to-Point link is established, or if the device is permitted to establish a Point-to-Point link. The possible field values are:

Auto Enables the device to establish automatically Point-to-Point link.

Point to Point Indicates if a Point-to-Point link is currently established on the port. Ports set to Full Duplex modes are considered Point-to-Point port links.

Shared — Enables the device to establish a shared link.

Select Port(s) — Selects the ports to be defined.

2Select the ports to be defined

3Define the fields.

4Click . Spanning Tree is modified on the port, and the device is updated.

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