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Figure 27 Root table
Table 23 describes the fields on the Root table.
Default VLAN
Passport 8000 Series switches, Passport 1000 Series switches, BayStack 350/410/
450 switches, and the Business Policy Switch 2000 are factory configured with all
ports in a port-based VLAN called the default VLAN. The VLAN ID of the
default VLAN is always 1, and it is always a port-based VLAN. You cannot delete
the default VLAN, although you can remove ports from it.
Table 23 Root table fields
Field Description
Device IP address of a device in the STG.
BridgeAddress MAC address used by this bridge when it must be identified in a
unique fashion.
DesignatedRoot Bridge identifier of the root of the spanning tree as determined by
the Spanning Tree Protocol as executed by this device. This value
is used as the Root Identifier parameter in all configuration BPDUs
originated by this device.
RootCost Cost of the path to the root as seen from this bridge.
RootPort Port number of the port that offers the lowest cost path from this
bridge to the root bridge.