Paradyne BitStorm 2400, User Manual

Page: 62 / 90

4. Using the Web Interface
4-20
December 2002 2400-A2-GB20-10
Spanning Tree Port Parameters
The Ports option allows you to set Spanning Tree Ports parameters.
Figure 4-11. Spanning Tree Port Parameters
This page allows you to configure the spanning tree port parameters. To change
parameters for a specific port, select the port number from the Port pull-down box.
The corresponding port information will then be displayed in the editable row of the
table. The following fields are displayed for each port:
Click on Apply or Save to activate your changes.
Field Description
Enable This field allows you to Enable or Disable STP for this port.
Path Cost This read-only field indicates the path cost from the switch to the
root through this port.
Priority This field specifies the priority for the port. The port with the lowest
priority value has the highest priority and forwards the spanning
tree frames. Priorities are in the range of 0–255 with a default
priority of 128. If all ports have the same priority value, the lowest
port number forwards the spanning tree frames.
Fwd Transitions This read-only field indicates how many times the port has
transitioned to the Forwarding State.
State This field simply reflects the status of the port in the STP
application.