Nortel Networks 40M2420 manual Discarding DISC, Learning LRN , or Forwarding

Alteon OS Command Reference

Table 4-18CIST Parameter Descriptions

Parameter	Description
State	The state field shows the current state of the port. The state field can be either
	Discarding (DISC), Learning (LRN), or Forwarding
	(FWD).
Role	The Role field shows the current role of this port in the Spanning Tree. The
	port role can be one of the following: Designated (DESG), Root (ROOT),
	Alternate (ALTN), Backup (BKUP), Disabled (DSB), Master (MAST), or
	Unknown (UNK).
Designated	The Designated Bridge shows information about the bridge connected to
Bridge	each port, if applicable. Information includes the priority (hex) and MAC
	address of the Designated Bridge.
Designated Port	The port ID of the port on the Designated Bridge to which this port is con-
	nected.
Type	Type of link connected to the port, and whether the port is an edge port.
	Link type values are AUTO, P2P, or SHARED.

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