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GS700TP Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
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The Rapid STP screen contains the following fields:
• Interface – Displays the port or LAG on which Rapid STP is enabled or disabled.
• Role – Displays the port role assigned by the STP algorithm to provide to STP paths. The
possible field values are:
– Root – Provides the lowest cost path to forward packets to the root switch.
– Designated – Indicates the port or LAG through which the designated switch is
attached to the LAN.
– Alternate – Provides an alternate path to the root switch from the root interface.
– Backup – Provides a backup path to the designated port path toward the Spanning
Tree leaves. Backup ports occur only when two ports are connected in a loop by a
point-to-point link, or when a LAN has two or more connections connected to a shared
segment.
– Disabled – Indicates the port is not participating in the Spanning Tree.
• Mode – Displays the current STP mode. The STP mode is selected in the STP
Configuration screen. The possible field values are:
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