Enhanced Passive Listening Compatibility - Siemens SCALANCE XM-400 Configuration Manual

● Status
Displays the current status of the port. The values are only displayed and cannot be
configured. The following is possible for status:
– Discarding
– Blocked
– Forwarding
● Fwd. Trans.
Specifies the number of status changes Discarding - Forwarding or Forwarding - Discarding
for a port.
Steps in configuration
1. In the input cells of the table row, enter the values of the port you are configuring.
2. From the drop-down lists of the cells of the table row, select the values of the port you are
configuring.
3. Click the "Set Values" button.
5.5.10.6

Enhanced Passive Listening Compatibility

Enabling the function
On this page, you can enable passive listening compatibility.
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Web Based Management (WBM)
Configuration Manual, 05/2017, C79000-G8976-C248-12
The port exchanges MSTP information but is not involved in the data traffic.
In the blocking mode, BPDU frames are received.
The port receives and sends data frames.
Configuring with Web Based Management
5.5 The "Layer 2" menu
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