Enterasys Matrix E1 1H582-51 Software Manual page 43

Table 3-9 STA Information Screen Element Descriptions (Continued)
Use this field...
Role
Forward
Transitions
Designated Cost
Designated Bridge
Designated Port
To...
The rules defining port status are:
• A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging
device is always forwarding.
• If two ports of a switch are connected to the same segment and there
is no other STA device attached to this segment, the port with the
smaller ID forwards packets and the other is blocked.
• All ports are blocked when the switch is booted, then some of them
change state to listening, to learning, and then to forwarding.
Ports current role in Spanning Tree
See counts of the port's forward transitions.
See the path cost from the transmitting port to the root.
See the MAC address of the designated bridge to which the port
belongs. This is the switch that is closest to the root switch through
which frames will be forwarded to the root.
See the port designation used by STA for forwarding from this port to
the root.
WebView Local Management Tasks
STA Information Screen
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