Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 445)

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• Synced – Once the Designated port changes into a discarding state, it asserts a synced signal.
Immediately, Alternate ports and Backup ports are synced. The Root port monitors the synced
signals from all the bridge ports. Once all bridge ports asserts a synced signal, the Root port
asserts its own synced signal (
Figure 77 ).
FIGURE 77 Synced stage