Bridge Statistics

Term (continued)

Description

 

 

State

The STPE view of the link’s current state. The possible states

 

are:

 

• Disabled: The STPE is disabled. (If STPE Control

 

parameter is MAN)

 

• Blocking: The STE frames are blocked on this bridge

 

link.

 

• Listening: The STE frames are blocked. Listening to

 

STPE PDUs.

 

• Learning: The STE frames are blocked. Learning the

 

topology from STPE PDUs.

 

• Forwarding: The STE frames can be forwarded on this

 

bridge link.

 

 

Priority

The value of STPE Priority parameter of the bridge link.

 

 

Path Cost

The value of STPE Path Cost parameter of the bridge link.

 

A weight that is added to the overall links in a particular

 

Ring-to-Ring path. The path with the lowest “cost”

 

determines which path will be chosen between the Rings.

 

 

 

 

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EXP Computer S200 State, Are, Disabled The Stpe is disabled. If Stpe Control, Parameter is MAN, Topology from Stpe PDUs