Forward Delay

The maximum time (in seconds) the root device will wait before changing states (i.e.,

 

listening to learning to forwarding).

Hold Time

The minimum interval between the transmission of consecutive Configuration BPDUs.

Designated

The priority and MAC address of the device in the Spanning Tree that this switch has

Root

accepted as the root device.

Root Cost

The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root device.

Root Port

The number of the port on this switch that is closest to the root. This switch

 

communicates with the root device through this port. If there is no root port, then this

 

switch has been accepted as the root device of the Spanning Tree network.

Configuration

The number of times the Spanning Tree has been reconfigured.

Changes

 

Topology Up

The time since the Spanning Tree was last reconfigured.

Time

 

 

 

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