Management Guide

Configuring STA for Ports

The following figure and table describe STA configuration for ports.

CheetahSwitch Workgroup - 4508

Spanning Tree Port Configuration : Port 1 - 8

Port

Type

Priority

Cost

Fast STA Mode

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1

1000SX

128

4

DISABLED

2

1000SX

128

4

DISABLED

3

1000SX

128

4

DISABLED

4

1000SX

128

4

DISABLED

5

1000SX

128

4

DISABLED

6

1000SX

128

4

DISABLED

7

1000SX

128

4

DISABLED

8

1000SX

128

4

DISABLED

<APPLY>

 

<OK>

 

<CANCEL>

Use <TAB> or arrow keys to move, other keys

to make changes.

Parameter

Default

Description

Type

 

Shows port type as 1000BASE-SX.

Priority

128

Defines the priority for the use of a port in the STA algorithm. If

 

 

the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same, the port with

 

 

the highest priority (i.e., lowest value) will be configured as an

 

 

active link in the spanning tree. Where more than one port is

 

 

assigned the highest priority, the port with lowest numeric

 

 

identifier will be enabled.

 

 

The range is 0 - 255.

(Path) Cost

100/19/4

This parameter is used by the STA algorithm to determine the

 

 

best path between devices. Therefore, lower values should be

 

 

assigned to ports attached to faster media, and higher values

 

 

assigned to ports with slower media.

 

 

The default and recommended range is:

 

 

Standard Ethernet: 100 (50~600)

 

 

Fast Ethernet: 19 (10~60)

 

 

Gigabit Ethernet: 4 (3~10)

 

 

The full range is 0 - 65535.

 

 

Note: Path cost takes precedence over port priority.

Fast STA Mode

DISABLED

This parameter is used to enable/disabled the Fast Spanning

 

 

Tree mode. In this mode, ports skip the Blocked, Listening and

 

 

Learning states and proceed straight to Forwarding.

 

 

The Fast STA Mode enables end-node workstations and servers

 

 

to overcome time-out problems when the Spanning Tree

 

 

Algorithm is implemented in a network. Therefore, the Fast STA

 

 

Mode should only be enabled for ports that are connected to an

 

 

end-node device.

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CheetahSwitch Workgroup, 4508 specifications

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