Bay Technical Associates BayStack 304 - Manual (Page 64)

Using the BayStack 303 and 304 Ethernet Switches
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• Bridge Forward Delay
Indicates the Forward Delay parameter value that is specified (set by
management) for this bridge
. Range is 1 to 65535 seconds with a default
of 15 seconds
Note that all bridges participating in the spanning tree network use the root
bridge’s Forward Delay parameter value (see also the “Forward Delay”
parameter definition on
page 3-8 ).
Spanning Tree Port Information
The Spanning Tree Port Information screen displays status on the following
parameters:
• Port number
Provides the number of each port on the switch.
• Port priority
Provides the priority of each port, which is used in conjunction with the port
number to create a unique port identifier. The valid range for this value is from
0 to 255. The default value is 128.
• Port path cost
This information provides the path cost to the designated root bridge. The
valid range for this value is from 1 to 65,535. Entering a value of 0 causes the
switch software to compute the value automatically. The default value for this
field is 0.
Port Statistics and Status Information
The Port Statistics and Status Information screen displays a list of all the ports
with their current settings and status. When you enter the number corresponding
to the port to be viewed, the following information is displayed:
• Rx Good Frame
This counter increments whenever a frame is received successfully.
• Rx Align Error Frame
This counter records frame alignment errors for the 10 Mb/s ports.
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