Chapter 13 Monitor: Spanning Tree

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 43 Monitor > Spanning Tree > MST

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

MST IDThis is the unique identifier for this MST.

 

Select a number from the drop-down menu to display results.

 

 

State

This field displays the state.

 

 

Regional Root

Root bridge refers to the base of the spanning tree.

Bridge

 

 

 

Internal Root Cost

This field displays the internal root cost.

 

 

Designated Bridge

For each LAN segment, a designated bridge is selected. This bridge has the lowest cost

 

to the root among the bridges connected to the LAN.

 

 

Root Port

On each bridge, the bridge communicates with the root through the root port. The root

 

port is the port on this Switch with the lowest path cost to the root (the root path cost).

 

If there is no root port, then this Switch has been accepted as the root bridge of the

 

spanning tree network.

 

 

Remanining Hops

This field displays the number of remanining hops.

 

 

Last Topology

Topology change information is directly propagated throughout the network from the

Change

device that generates the topology change.

 

 

13.2.4 MST Port

Use this screen to view the Switch’s spanning tree MST port status. Click Monitor > Spanning Tree > MST Port to access this screen.

Figure 61 Monitor > Spanning Tree > MST Port

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 44 Monitor > Spanning Tree > MST Port

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

MST ID

This is the unique identifier for this MST.

 

Select a number from the drop-down menu to display results.

 

 

Port

This field displays the port number.

 

 

MSTI IDA VLAN can be mapped to a specific Multiple Spanning Tree Instance (MSTI). MSTI

 

allows multiple VLANs to use the same spanning tree.

 

 

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