Verilink WANsuite 5130 (34-00298.L) Product Manual - Manual (Page 122)

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Filter By Broadcast
Addr Dest
Filters broadcast messages received on this port, which reduces the load on
the WAN connection.
Forward IP Frames
Only
Setting this option to “Yes” specifies that only IP frames will be forwarded
and all other frames will be filtered.
Priority Value of priority associated with this port. The lower the value, the higher the
priority.
Path Cost Value of efficiency of the path to the port. A higher path cost indicates a
slower link.
State If Enabled, reflects the state of the port. “Blocking” means there is no data
transfer between LANs. “Listening” means the frames received from this port
are filtered, but do not modify the Lookup Table. “Learning” means that
while the port continues to look at frames without participating in data
transfer, the frames received from the port will be used to update the Lookup
Table. “Forwarding” means the port participates fully in data transfer and the
frames received are used to update the Lookup Table.
Designated Root MAC Address of the designated root of the spanning-tree topology.
Designated Cost Associated Path Cost to the route for this port.
Designated Bridge Designated Bridge MAC Address.
Forward
Transmissions
Number of times this port has changed from any other state to a “Forwarding”
state.
Input Frame Number of frames received.
Output Frame Number of frames transmitted.
Input Discards Number of frames discarded.
Figure 3.88 Bridge Lookup Table
Address MAC Address learned and included in the forwarding table.
Port Port where the MAC Address was learned.
Status How the address was included in the forwarding table. The two possibilities
include “Self” (the unit’s own MAC address), and “Learned” (the unit-learned
MAC address is directly accessible by this port).