Cabletron Systems 8H02-16 manual Displays the hardware address assigned to each listed port

Bridge Configuration Screen

Type of STA (Toggle)

Allows the user to set the method that bridges use to decide which bridge is the controlling (Root) bridge when two or more bridges exist in parallel (Spanning Tree Algorithm). Valid entries include IEEE, DEC, and None. To set the STA, refer to Section 6.10.1.

Port # (Read-Only)

Lists each bridge port on the device. If the number of ports is greater than eight, then the additional ports are listed on subsequent screens.

MAC Address (Read-Only)

Displays the hardware address assigned to each listed port.

State (Read-Only)

Disabled: Management disabled this interface. No traffic is received or forwarded while the interface is disabled.

Learning: The bridge is learning the network address of this interface. The bridge enters the learning state when the Transparent Database is created (during start-up or after being deleted), or when the Spanning Tree Algorithm detects a network topology change.

Listening: The bridge is not adding information to the Transparent Database. The bridge is monitoring BPDU traffic while preparing to move from the learning to the forwarding state.

Forwarding: The bridge is on line and this interface is forwarding traffic.

Blocking: This interface will not forward any traffic through the bridge.

Status (Toggle)

Allows the user to disable or enable a port by setting the status of the listed interface to either ENABLED or DISABLED. To set the port status, refer to Section 6.10.2.

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