User`s guide

Section II: Local and Telnet Mangement
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Port Priority
If two paths have the same port cost, the bridges must select a preferred
path. In some instances this can involve the use of the port priority
parameter. This parameter can be used as a tie-breaker when two paths
have the same cost.
The port priority has a range of from 0 to 240. As with the bridge priority,
this range is broken into increments, in this case multiples of 16. When
you specify a port priority for a port, you enter the increment of the
desired value.
Forwarding Delay and Topology Changes
If there is a change in the network topology due to a failure, removal, or
addition of any active components, the active topology also changes.
This may trigger a change in the state of some blocked ports. However, a
change in a port state is not activated immediately.
It might take time for the root bridge to notify all bridges that a topology
change has occurred, especially if it is a large network. If a topology
change is made before all bridges have been notified, a temporary data
loop could occur, and that could adversely impact network
performance.
Table 8 Port Priority Value Increments
Increment
Bridge
Priority
Increment
Bridge
Priority
008128
1169144
2 3210160
3 4811176
4 6412192
5 8013208
6 9614224
7 112 15 240