Management Guide R05

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Displaying Interface Settings for STA
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Figure 109: Configuring Interface Settings for STA
DISPLAYING INTERFACE SETTINGS FOR STA
Use the Spanning Tree > STA (Configure Interface - Show Information)
page to display the current status of ports or trunks in the Spanning Tree.
CLI REFERENCES
"show spanning-tree" on page 1082
PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:
Spanning Tree – Shows if STA has been enabled on this interface.
BPDU Flooding – Shows if BPDUs will be flooded to other ports when
spanning tree is disabled globally on the switch or disabled on a specific
port.
STA Status – Displays current state of this port within the Spanning
Tree:
Discarding - Port receives STA configuration messages, but does
not forward packets.
Learning - Port has transmitted configuration messages for an
interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving
contradictory information. Port address table is cleared, and the
port begins learning addresses.
Forwarding - Port forwards packets, and continues learning
addresses.