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User’s Manual of IGS-801M

VLAN Id

Port or Link Aggregation interfaces associated with VLANs associated with the

Rapid Spanning Tree.

Path Cost

a lower cost are

less likely to be blocked if STP detects loops.

Cost of the port participating in the RSTP topology. Ports with

Edge Port

Indicates whether the port is enabled as an edge port. It takes the value "Yes" or

"No".

P2p Port

The Point-to-Point operating state. This is the actual device port link type.

Protocol

Indicates the current spanning protocol on the ports.

Port State

rt state determines what forwarding

action is taken on traffic. Possible port states are:

• Disabled -- The port link is currently down.

• Blocking -- The port is currently blocked and cannot be used to forward traffic

or learn MAC addresses. Blocking is displayed when Classic STP

• Listening -- The port is currently in the listening mode. The port cannot forward

traffic nor can it learn MAC addresses.

• Learning -- The port is currently in the learning mode. The port cannot forward

traffic however it can learn new MAC addresses.

• Forwarding -- The port is currently in the forwarding mode. The port can

forward traffic and learn new MAC addresses.

The current port STP state. If enabled, the po

is enabled.

A port transitions from one state to another as follows:

• From initialization (switch boot) to blocking.

• From blocking to listening or to disabled.

• From listening to learning or to disabled.

• From learning to fo

g to disabled.

• From d king.

rwarding or to disabled.

• From forwardin

isabled to bloc