HP J3178A Hardware Installation Manual page 69

Monitoring Switch Operation From the Console
Status and Counters Menu
You can use the Show ports action at the bottom of the screen to display
port-level information and parameter settings for each port in the switch
(including port type, source MAC address, cost, priority, operating state, and
designated bridge).
Figure 5-10. Example of STP Port Information
C a u t i o n
Because incorrect STP settings can adversely affect network performance,
you should avoid making changes without having a strong understanding of
how STP operates. For more on STP, refer to appendix D, "Spanning Tree
Operation" and read the IEEE 802.1d standards document.
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