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Advanced Applicat ion > Spanning Tr ee Prot ocol > MSTP > Port
The follow ing t able descr ibes t he labels in t his scr een.
Table 54
Advanced Applicat ion > Spanning Tr ee Pr ot ocol > MSTP > Por t
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
MSTP
Click M STP t o edit MSTP set t ings on t he Sw it ch.
Port
This field display s t he por t num ber.
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Set t ings in t his row apply t o all por t s.
Use t his r ow only if you want t o m ake som e set t ings t he sam e for all por t s. Use t his r ow
fir st t o set t he com m on set t ings and t hen m ake adj ust m ent s on a por t - by- por t basis.
Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you make them.
Edge
Select t his check box t o configur e a por t as an edge port w hen it is dir ect ly at t ached t o a
com put er. An edge por t changes it s init ial STP por t st at e fr om block ing st at e t o
for war ding st at e im m ediat ely w it hout going t hr ough list ening and learning st at es r ight
aft er t he por t is configur ed as an edge port or w hen it s link st at us changes.
Note: An edge port becomes a non-edge port as soon as it receives a Bridge Protocol Data
Unit (BPDU).
Root Guar d
Select t his check box t o enable r oot guard on t his por t in order t o prevent t he sw it ch( es)
at t ached t o t he por t fr om becom ing t he r oot br idge.
Wit h r oot guar d enabled, a por t is blocked w hen t he Sw it ch r eceives a super ior BPDU on
it . The Sw it ch allow s t raffic t o pass t hr ough t his por t again w hen t he sw it ch connect ed t o
t he por t st ops t o send superior BPDUs.
