User`s guide

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PoE Managed Switch User Manual
Publication date: February 2010
Revision A1.0
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3-10-3. STP Port Configuration
Function name:
STP Port Setting
Function description:
In the STP Port Setting, one item selection and five parameters settings are offered for
user’s setup. User can disable and enable each port by selecting each Port Status item.
User also can set “Path Cost” and “Priority” of each port by filling in the desired value and
set “Admin Edge Port” and “Admin Point To Point” by selecting the desired item.
Parameter description:
Port Status:
It displays the current state of a port. We cannot manually set it because it displays
the status only. There are three possible states. ( according to 802.1w specification)
 DISCARDING state indicates that this port can neither forward packets
nor contribute learning knowledge.
Notice: Three other states (Disable state, BLOCKING state and LISTENING state) defined
in the 802.1d specification are now all represented as
DISCARDING state.
 LEARNING state indicates this port can now contribute its learning
knowledge but cannot forward packets still.
 FORWARDING state indicates this port can both contribute its learning
knowledge and forward packets normally.
Path Cost Status:
It is the contribution value of the path through this port to Root Bridge. STP algorithm
determines a best path to Root Bridge by calculating the sum of path cost
contributed by all ports on this path. A port with a smaller path cost value would
become the Root Port more possibly.
Configured Path Cost:
The range is 0 – 200,000,000. In the switch, if path cost is set to be zero, the STP
will get the recommended value resulted from auto-negotiation of the link
accordingly and display this value in the field of Path Cost Status. Otherwise, it may
show the value that the administrator set up in Configured Path Cost and Path Cost
Status.