Cist Port Setting - Planet GS-4210-16T2S User Manual

4.6.5 CIST Port Setting

This page allows you to configure per port CIST priority and cost. The CIST Port Setting and Status screens in
Figure 4-6-12 appear.
The page includes the following fields:
Object
•
Port Select
•
Priority
• Internal Path Cost
(0 = Auto)
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Figure 4-6-11: CIST Port Setting Page Screenshot
Description
Select port number for this drop down list.
Controls the port priority. This can be used to control priority of ports having
identical port cost. (See above).
Default: 128
Range: 0-240, in steps of 16
Controls the path cost incurred by the port. The Auto setting will set the path cost
as appropriate by the physical link speed, using the 802.1D recommended
values. Using the Specific setting, a user-defined value can be entered. The
path cost is used when establishing the active topology of the network. Lower
path cost ports are chosen as forwarding ports in favor of higher path cost ports.
Valid values are in the range 1 to 200000000.
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