Viewing Port Configuration
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The following table provides a list of the fields in the Port Configuration Dialog Box - Advanced
Tab and their descriptions.
Table14: Port Configuration Dialog Box - Advanced Tab
Field Description
Port STP Mode Configured status of Spanning Tree. Possible values are:
●Enable
●Disable
Port STP State Spanning Tree state on the port. Possible values are:
●Blocking - Port is blocking attempts to join Spanning Tree.
●Listening - Port is discovering other devices in the Spanning
Tree.
●Learning - Port is calculating Spanning Tree values prior to
joining the Spanning Tree.
●Forwarding - Port is forwarding traffic within the Spanning
Tree.
STP Admin Edge The administrative state of the edge port parameter. Possible states
include:
●TRUE - This port is assumed to be an edge port.
●FALSE - This port is assumed not to be an edge-port.
STP Oper Edge The operational state of the edge port parameter.
●TRUE - This port is operating in the state specified in STP
Admin Edge.
●FALSE - A BPDU was received by the port.
STP Admin P2P The administrative point-to-point status of the LAN segment attached
to this port. Possible statuses include:
●True - The port should always be treated as if it is connected to
a point-to-point link.
●forceFalse - The port should be treated as having a shared
media connection.
●Auto - The port is considered to have a point-to-point link if it is
an Aggregator and all of its members are aggregative, or if the
MAC entity is configured for full duplex operation, either
through auto-negotiation or by management means.
STP Oper P2P The operational point-to-point status of the LAN segment attached to
this port. It indicates whether or not a port is considered to have a
point-to-point connection.
The value is determined by STP Admin P2P.
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