SMC Networks SMC6724L3 Management Manual page 149

• Admin Link Type – The link type attached to this interface.
- Point-to-Point – A connection to exactly one other bridge.
- Shared – A connection to two or more bridges.
- Auto – The switch automatically determines if the interface is attached
to a point-to-point link or to shared media. (This is the default setting.)
• Admin Edge Port (Fast Forwarding) – You can enable this option if an
interface is attached to a LAN segment that is at the end of a bridged
LAN or to an end node. Since end nodes cannot cause forwarding loops,
they can pass directly through to the spanning tree forwarding state.
Specifying Edge Ports provides quicker convergence for devices such as
workstations or servers, retains the current forwarding database to reduce
the amount of frame flooding required to rebuild address tables during
reconfiguration events, does not cause the spanning tree to initiate
reconfiguration when the interface changes state, and also overcomes
other STA-related timeout problems. However, remember that Edge
Port should only be enabled for ports connected to an end-node device.
(Default: Disabled)
• Migration – If at any time the switch detects STP BPDUs, including
Configuration or Topology Change Notification BPDUs, it will
automatically set the selected interface to forced STP-compatible mode.
However, you can also use the Protocol Migration button to manually
re-check the appropriate BPDU format (RSTP or STP-compatible) to
send on the selected interfaces. (Default: Disabled)
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