Dell PowerConnect 5424

Configuring Device Information 309
• Port State — The current port STP state. If enabled, the port state determines what forwarding action
is taken on traffic. Possible port states are:
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Disabled — The port link is currently down.
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Blocking — The port is currently blocked and cannot be used to forward traffic or learn
MAC addresses. Blocking is displayed when Classic STP is enabled.
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Listening — The port is currently in the listening mode. The port cannot forward traffic nor can it
learn MAC addresses.
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Learning — The port is currently in the learning mode. The port cannot forward traffic however it
can learn new MAC addresses.
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Forwarding — The port is currently in the forwarding mode. The port can forward traffic and learn
new MAC addresses.
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Role — Displays the port role assigned by the STP algorithm to provide to STP paths. The possible
field values are:
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Root — Provides the lowest cost path to forward packets to the root switch.
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Designated — Indicates the port or LAG through which the designated switch is attached to the
LAN.
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Alternate — Provides an alternate path to the root switch from the root interface.
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Backup — Provides a backup path to the designated port path toward the Spanning Tree leaves.
Backup ports occur only when two ports are connected in a loop by a point-to-point link, or when a
LAN has two or more connections connected to a shared segment.
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Disabled — The port is not participating in the Spanning Tree.
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Speed — Speed at which the port is operating.
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Path Cost (1-200000000) — The port contribution to the root path cost. The path cost is adjusted to
a higher or lower value, and is used to forward traffic when a path being rerouted.
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Default Path Cost — The default path cost of the port is automatically set by the port speed and the
default path cost method.
The default values for long path costs are:
– Ethernet - 2000000
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Fast Ethernet - 200000
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Gigabit Ethernet - 20000
The default values for short path costs (short path costs are the default) are:
– Ethernet - 100
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Fast Ethernet - 19
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Gigabit Ethernet - 4