CONFIGURING THE SWITCH
•Disabled - The port has been disabled by the user or has failed diagnostics.
•Blocking - Port receives STA configuration messages, but does not forward packets.
•Listening - Port will leave blocking state due to a topology change, start transmitting configuration messages, but does not yet forward packets.
•Learning - Port has transmitted configuration messages for an interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving contradictory information. Port address table is cleared, and the port begins learning addresses.
•Forwarding - Port forwards packets, and continues learning addresses.
•Broken - Port is malfunctioning or no link has been established.
•Forward Transitions – The number of times this port has transitioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state.
•Designated Cost – The cost for a packet to travel from this port to the root in the current Spanning Tree configuration. The slower the media, the higher the cost.
•Designated Bridge – The priority and MAC address of the device through which this port must communicate to reach the root of the Spanning Tree.
•Designated Port – The priority and number of the port on the designated bridging device through which this switch must communicate with the root of the Spanning Tree.
•Trunk Member – Indicates if a port is a member of a trunk.
