Cisco 350XG series Administration Manual page 286

Spanning Tree
MSTP Interface Settings
Cisco 350XG & 550XG Series 10G Stackable Managed Switches
- Forwarding—The port on this instance is in Forwarding mode. The port
can forward traffic and learn new MAC addresses.
Boundary
- —The port on this instance is a boundary port. It inherits its
state from instance 0 and can be viewed on the
page.
• Port Role—Displays the port or LAG role, per port or LAG per instance,
assigned by the MSTP algorithm to provide STP paths:
- Root—Forwarding packets through this interface provides the lowest
cost path for forwarding packets to the root device.
- Designated—The interface through which the bridge is connected to the
LAN, which provides the lowest root path cost from the LAN to the Root
Bridge for the MST instance.
- Alternate—The interface provides an alternate path to the Root Bridge
from the root port.
- Backup—The interface provides a backup path to the designated port
path toward the Spanning Tree leaves. Backup ports occur when two
ports are connected in a loop by a point-to-point link. Backup ports also
occur when a LAN has two or more established connections to a shared
segment.
- Disabled—The interface does not participate in the Spanning Tree.
- Boundary —The port on this instance is a boundary port. It inherits its
state from instance 0 and can be viewed on the
page.
• Mode—Displays the current interface Spanning Tree mode.
- If the link partner is using MSTP or RSTP, the displayed port mode is
RSTP.
- If the link partner is using STP, the displayed port mode is STP.
• Type—Displays the MST type of the port.
- Boundary—A Boundary port attaches MST bridges to a LAN in a remote
region. If the port is a boundary port, it also indicates whether the device
on the other side of the link is working in RSTP or STP mode.
- Internal—The port is an internal port.
• Designated Bridge ID—Displays the ID number of the bridge that connects
the link or shared LAN to the root.
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