Disabled state, D-4 forwarding – Compaq ProLiant Interconnect Switch User Manual
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Spanning Tree Protocol
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• Receives BPDUs and directs them to the system processor.
• Receives and responds to network management messages.
Figure D-4: Forwarding state
Disabled State
A port in the disabled state does not participate in frame forwarding or STP. A port in the
disabled state is virtually nonoperational.
A disabled port:
• Discards packets received from the network segment to which it is attached.
• Discards packets sent from another port on the switch for forwarding.
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