Dimension ES-2008 Ethernet Switch

10.6 Viewing STP Port Status

View the STP port status information at the bottom of the Spanning Tree screen.Figure 10-5 STP Port StatusThe following table describes the read-only port status fields in this screen.

 

Table 10-4 STP Port Status

 

 

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Port

This field displays the port number on the switch.

 

 

Path Cost

This field displays the cost of using this port to reach the root bridge. The

 

bigger the number, the higher the path cost.

Priority

This field displays the priority level of the port. The higher the number the

 

lower the priority level.

 

 

Port

This field displays the state of the port. The state can be FORWARDING,

State

DISABLED, BLOCKING, LEARNING and LISTENING.

Spanning Tree Protocol

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