Olicom 8600, 8605 manual Max Message Age, Forward Delay, PId, PCst, PSts

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Max Message Age

Time at which the configuration message used by the spanning-tree algorithm should be discarded. This time is advertised by the root and used by all devices and switches in the active topology of the spanning-tree network.

Forward Delay

Time the root waits between transitions from listening to learning, and from learning to forwarding. This time is advertised by the root and used by all devices and switches in the active topology of the spanning-tree network.

CRF

VLAN ID of a TrCRF belonging to this TrBRF.

PId

Port ID that is used to determine the role of the port in the spanning tree. The port ID is expressed in the form port priority.port number.

PCst

Cost associated with each port. Lower numbers are generally assigned to ports attached to faster media (such as FDX or CrossLinks), and higher numbers are generally assigned to ports attached to slower media.

PSts

Current status of this CRF within the spanning tree. Possible values are:

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DIS (Disabled)

BLK (Blocked)

LSN (Listening)

LRN (Learning)

FWD (Forwarding)

The rules that define the state of the port are as follows:

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A CRF that does not connect to other switches or bridges is always forwarding.

When the switch is booted, all CRFs are blocked initially, and then some of them change to a different state: listening, learning, and forwarding, in that order. All CRFs that are going to change states from blocking to forwarding will have done so after two to three times the value of:

Switch Maximum Message Age + (2 x Switch Forward Delay)

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