Mst Configuration - NETGEAR GSM7212P User Manual

Field
Designated Port
Topology Change Acknowledge
Edge port
Point-to-point MAC
CST Regional Root
CST Path Cost
Port Up Time Since Counters Last Cleared

MST Configuration

Use the Spanning Tree MST Configuration page to configure Multiple Spanning Tree (MST)
on the switch.
To display the Spanning Tree MST Configuration page, click Switching > STP > Advanced
MST Configuration.
To configure an MST instance:
To add an MST instance, configure the MST values and click ADD:
1.
MST ID - Specify the ID of the MST to create. Valid values for this are between 1 and
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4094. This is only visible when the select option of the MST ID select box is selected.
Priority - Specifies the bridge priority value for the MST. When switches or bridges
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are running STP, each is assigned a priority. After exchanging BPDUs, the switch with
the lowest priority value becomes the root bridge. The bridge priority is a multiple of
4096. If you specify a priority that is not a multiple of 4096, the priority is automatically
set to the next lowest priority that is a multiple of 4096. For example, if the priority is
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Description
Port Identifier on the Designated Bridge that offers
the lowest cost to the LAN. It is made up from the
port priority and the interface number of the port.
Identifies whether the next BPDU to be transmitted
for this port would have the topology change
acknowledgement flag set. It is either "True" or
"False".
Indicates whether the port is enabled as an edge
port. It takes the value "Enabled" or "Disabled".
Derived value of the point-to-point status.
Bridge Identifier of the CST Regional Root. It is made
up using the bridge priority and the base MAC
address of the bridge.
Path Cost to the CST Regional Root.
Time since the counters were last cleared, displayed
in Days, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds.
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