VigorSwitch P2260 User’s Guide
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DISCARDING state indicates that this port can neither
forward packets nor contribute learning knowledge.
Notice: Three other states (Disable state, BLOCKING
state and LISTENING state) defined in the 802.1d
specification are now all represented as
DISCARDING state.
LEARNING state indicates this port can now contribute
its learning knowledge but cannot forward packets still.
FORWARDING state indicates this port can both
contribute its learning knowledge and forward packets
normally.
Path Cost Status:
It is the contribution value of the path through this port to
Root Bridge. STP algorithm determines a best path to Root
Bridge by calculating the sum of path cost contributed by all
ports on this path. A port with a smaller path cost value
would become the Root Port more possibly.
Configured Path Cost:
The range is 0 – 200,000,000. In the switch, if path cost is
set to be zero, the STP will get the recommended value
resulted from auto-negotiation of the link accordingly and
display this value in the field of Path Cost Status. Otherwise,
it may show the value that the administrator set up in
Configured Path Cost and Path Cost Status.
802.1w RSTP recommended value: (Valid range: 1 –
200,000,000)
10 Mbps: 2,000,000
100 Mbps: 200,000
1 Gbps: 20,000
Default: 0
Priority:
Priority here means Port Priority. Port Priority and Port
Number are mixed to form the Port ID. Port IDs are often
compared in order to determine which port of a bridge would
become the Root Port. The range is 0 – 240.
Default is 128.
Admin Port Type:
The Admin Port Type has three modes - “Normal”, “Edge”
and “None-STP”. An “Edge” Port is a port connected to a
device that knows nothing about STP or RSTP. Usually, the
connected device is an end station. “Edge” Ports will
immediately transit to forwarding state and skip the listening
and learning state because the edge ports cannot create
bridging loops in the network. This will expedite the
convergence. When the link on the edge port toggles, the
STP topology keeps unchanged. Unlike the designate port or
root port though, an “edge” port will transit to a normal
spanning-tree port immediately if it receives a BPDU.
“None-STP” means per port does not join STP calculation.
