STA Information Screen
WebView Local Management Tasks 3-17
The rules defining port status are: 
• A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging 
device is always forwarding. 
• If two ports of a switch are connected to the same segment and there 
is no other STA device attached to this segment, the port with the 
smaller ID forwards packets and the other is blocked. 
• All ports are blocked when the switch is booted, then some of them 
change state to listening, to learning, and then to forwarding.
Role Ports current role in Spanning Tree
Forward 
Transitions
See counts of the port’s forward transitions.
Designated Cost See the path cost from the transmitting port to the root.
Designated Bridge See the MAC address of the designated bridge to which the port 
belongs. This is the switch that is closest to the root switch through 
which frames will be forwarded to the root. 
Designated Port See the port designation used by STA for forwarding from this port to 
the root. 
Table 3-9 STA Information Screen Element Descriptions (Continued)
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