3Com 3CRDSF9PWR-US - OfficeConnect Managed Fast Ethernet PoE Switch, User Manual

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ONFIGURING
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PANNING
T
REE
Defining
Port Settings for
Spanning Tree
The Spanning Tree Port Setup Page contains information for modifying
Spanning Tree parameters.
Monitor users have no access to this page.
To modify Spanning Tree:
1 Click Device > Spanning Tree > Port Setup . The Spanning Tree Port
Setup Page opens:
Figure 83 Spanning Tree Port Setup Page
The Spanning Tree Port Setup Page contains the following fields:
■
Status — Specifies if STA is enabled on the port. The possible field
values are:
■
Enabled — Indicates that STA is enabled on the port.
■
Disabled — Indicates that STA is disabled on the port.
■
Edge Port — Specifies if fast forwarding is enabled on the port. If
enabled, the port is automatically placed in the Forwarding state
when the port link is up. Edge Port optimizes STA protocol topology
convergence, retains the current forwarding database to reduce the
amount of frame flooding required to rebuild address tables during
reconfiguration events, does not cause the spanning tree to
reconfigure when the interface changes state, and also overcomes
other STA-related timeout problems. The possible field values are:
■
Enabled — Enables edge port on the port.
■
Disabled — Disables edge port on the port.