Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 27: Rapid Spanning Tree Protocols Commands

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Section V: Spanning Tree Protocols

The information displayed by the command is as follows:

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Port — The port number.

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State — The RSTP state of the port. The possible states for a port
connected to another device running RSTP are Discarding and
Forwarding.

The possible states for a port connected to a device running STP are
Listening, Learning, Forwarding, and Blocking.

The possible states for a port not being used or where spanning tree is
not activated is Disabled.

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Role — The RSTP role of the port. Possible roles are:

Root - The port is connected to the root switch, directly or through
other switches, with the least path cost.

Alternate - The port offers an alternate path to the root switch.

Backup - The port on a designated switch that provides a backup for
the path provided by the designated port.

Designated - The port has the least cost path to the root switch.

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P2P — Whether or not the port is functioning as a point-to-point port.
The possible settings are Yes and No.

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Version — Whether the port is operating in RSTP mode or STP-
compatible mode.

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Port Cost — The current operating cost of the port.

Examples

The following command displays the bridge’s RSTP settings:

show rstp

The following command displays the RSTP port settings for ports 1 to 4:

show rstp portconfig=1-4

The following command displays RSTP port status for port 15:

show rstp portstate=15

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