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Port Config
Port Status: Displays the operating status of the Port.
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Forwarding: The Port can receive/forward Data, receive/send BPDU packets
and learn MAC addresses.
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Learning: The Port can receive/send BPDU packets and learn MAC addresses.
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Blocking: The Port can only receive BPDU packets and will drop all other
traffic.
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Disconnected: The Port is not participating in STP.
LAG: Displays the LAG Group number the Port belongs to.
CAUTION: Port STP Config settings will be restored to defaults if the
Switch is restarted and you have not selected Save Config
from the main menu and saved your running configuration to
non-volatile memory.
NOTE: Configure the Ports connected directly to Layer 3 devices, such as a
Router, as edge Ports and Enable the BPDU protection function. This
will allow these Ports to change to Forwarding States rapidly and
secure your Network.
NOTE: All the links of Ports in a LAG should be configured as Point-to-
Point links.
CAUTION: When the link of a Port is configured as a Point-to-Point link, the
Spanning Tree Instance owning this Port is configured as a Point-
to-Point link. If the physical link of a Port is not a Point-to-Point
link and you configure the link as a Point-to-Point link, temporary
loops may be occur affecting Network performance.
7.3 MSTP Instance
MSTP combines VLANs and Spanning Tree together via VLAN-to-Instance mapping
table (VLAN-to-Spanning Tree mapping). By adding MSTP Instances it binds several
VLANs to an instance to enable load balancing based on Instances.
When Switches have the same MST Region Name, MST Region Revision and VLAN-to-
Instance mapping table the Switches are considered to be in the same MST Region.