NETGEAR NETGEAR Port Priority, Port Forwarding State, Port Role, Port Path Cost, Edge Port

User Manual for the NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Software

Port Priority	The priority for a particular port within the selected MST
	instance.
Port Forwarding State	Current spanning tree state of this port
Port Role	Each MST Bridge Port that is enabled is assigned a Port Role for
	each spanning tree.
Port Path Cost	Configured value of the Internal Port Path Cost parameter
Designated Root	The Identifier of the designated root for this port.
Designated Port Cost	Path Cost offered to the LAN by the Designated Port

Designated Bridge Bridge Identifier of the bridge with the Designated Port.

Designated Port Identifier Port on the Designated Bridge that offers the lowest cost to the

LAN.

If 0 (defined as the default CIST ID) is passed as the <mstid>, then this command displays the settings and parameters for a specific switch port within the common and internal spanning tree. The <slot/port> is the desired switch port. In this case, the following are displayed.

Port Identifier	The port identifier for this port within the CST.
Port Priority	The priority of the port within the CST.
Port Forwarding State	The forwarding state of the port within the CST.
Port Role	The role of the specified interface within the CST.
Port Path Cost	The configured path cost for the specified interface.
Designated Root	Identifier of the designated root for this port within the CST.
Designated Port Cost	Path Cost offered to the LAN by the Designated Port.
Designated Bridge	The bridge containing the designated port

Designated Port Identifier Port on the Designated Bridge that offers the lowest cost to the LAN

Topology Change Acknowledgement Value of flag in next Configuration Bridge Pro- tocol Data Unit (BPDU) transmission indicating if a topology change is in progress for this port.

Hello Time	The hello time in use for this port.
Edge Port	The configured value indicating if this port is an edge port.
Edge Port Status	The derived value of the edge port status. True if operating as an
	edge port; false otherwise.
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