Supermicro SuperBlade SBM-GEM-X2C+, User Manual

Page: 218 / 404

Superblade Network Modules User’s Manual
7-90
Port Configuration
Clicking the P
ORT
C
ONFIGURATION
tab brings up the CIST S
ETTINGS
page ( Figure 7-78 ),
which sets the configuration per Port related to MSTP. The parameters for this page are
shown in
Table 7-55 .
Figure 7-78. CIST Settings Page
Table 7-55. CIST Settings Page Parameters
Parameter Description
Port This parameter specifies the port identifier.
Admin Status
This parameter specifies the MSTP protocol status that can be enabled/
disabled on the particular port.
Priority This parameter specifies the port priority used in role selection.
Path Cost This parameter specifies the path cost associated with this port.
Protocol Migration
This parameter controls the migration among MSTP, RSTP and STP
protocols, if the other side of the switch runs a different mode. Migration
takes place only if this is enabled.
Edge Status
This parameter must be configured if the corresponding port is an edge
port.
Point-to-Point Status
This parameter allows you to configure the ports explicitly as point-to-point
(
Force true), as a non-point-to-point port, or leave the decision to be made
dynamically (from the AL or MAC layer).
Hello Time (Seconds) This parameter specifies the administrative value of Hello Time for the port.