GE S2020 User Manual

GE Reason Switches
Chapter 8 – Monitoring
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REASON SWITCHES-TM-EN-3
 Port number shown in the row. Only ports
running BPDU exchanging over the network are
shown at this table;
 Port ID, that is, the port identifier number, in the
format “Port-Priority.Bridge-Port-Number”;
 Role on the port, that is, Spanning Tree port
state. Roles can be RootPort, DesignatedPort,
AlternatePort and BackupPort;
 State of the port, which can be forwarding or
discarding;
 Port’s Path Cost, which is the path cost used by
that port when transmitting BPDU packets over
the network;
 Edge, that is, if port is an edge port or not.
Allowed values are Yes or No. Yes means port is
an edge port, and No means port is a trunk port
(not edge);
 Point-to-Point, that is, if port communication is
point-to-point or a shared link medium;
 Uptime, which represents time since port is up.
o Bridge ID, that is, the bridge identifier number, in the format
“Priority.Bridge-MAC-Address”;
o Root ID, that is, the root bridge identifier number, in the format
“Priority.Bridge-MAC-Address”;
o Root port, that is, the port at the bridge operating as Root Port;
o Root path cost;
o Topology Flag, that is, current value of the change flag at this
instance;
o Topology Change Last, which represents last time since topology
has changed at the selected instance.
 Port Status:
STP Port Status monitoring option allows user to view basic information about all
ports at the switch related to Spanning Tree information in Reason Switches.
Information allowed is as follows:
o Port number shown in the row;
o CIST Role on the port, that is, Spanning Tree port state. Roles can
be RootPort, DesignatedPort, AlternatePort, BackupPort and
Disabled;
o CIST State of the port, which can be forwarding or discarding;
o Uptime, which represents time since port is up.

GE S2020 Specifications

General

Brand	GE
Model	S2020
Category	Switch
Language	English