Technical data

9031251 E6 ConÞguration & Station Table Views
3-15
Other ConÞguration Views
Token Ring ConÞguration View
Forward Transitions Ð The number of times the port has changed from the
learning state to the forwarding state.
Token Ring ConÞguration View
Opening the Token Ring ConÞguration View
If you highlight either Logical Port icon area (FNB or Station) in the Logical
Device icon for the TRBMIM in the Logical Device view, you can access the
Spanning Tree Port ConÞguration view (see Figure 3-4) by any of three
methods: (1) double-click inside the status label on the Logical Port icon, (2)
press the right mouse button and then select the Port ConÞguration option on
the displayed device menu, or (3) pull down the View menu from the window
menu bar and select the View > Icon Subviews > Port ConÞguration
option.
Table 3-3. Spanning Tree Port States and DeÞnitions
State DeÞnition
Disabled Management has disabled the port. No trafÞc can be received or
forwarded while the port is disabled.
Learning The device is learning network addresses. This occurs when the
deviceÕs Acquired Database is being created during start-up or
reconÞguration.
Listening The device is not adding information to the Filtering Database but is
monitoring BPDU trafÞc while preparing to move from the Learning
state to the Forwarding state.
Forwarding The device is on-line and this port is forwarding trafÞc.
Blocking The port will not forward any trafÞc.
Broken The port is malfunctioning.