Dell 34XX Switch User Manual


 
296 Configuring Switch Information
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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. Backup ports also occur when a LAN has two or more connections connected to a
shared segment.
Disabled
— Indicates the port is not participating in the Spanning Tree.
Interface Priority (0-240,in steps of 16)—
Defines the interface priority for specified instance. The
default value is 128.
P
ath Cost
— Indicates the port contribution to the Spanning Tree instance. The range should
always be 1-200,000,000.
Default Path Cost
— Indicates that the default path cost is assigned according to the method
selected on the
Spanning Tree Global Settings
page.
Designated Bridge ID —
The bridge ID number that connects the link or shared LAN to the root.
Designated Port ID —
The Port ID number on the designated bridge that connects the link or the
shared LAN to the root.
Designated Cost —
Cost of the path from the link or the shared LAN to the root.
Forward Transitions —
Number of times the port changed to the forwarding state.
Remain Hops —
Indicates the number of hops remaining to the next destination.
Defining MSTP Interface Settings
1
Open the
MSTP Interface Settings
page.
2
Select an interface.
3
Define the fields.
4
Click
Apply Changes
.
MSTP parameters are defined, and the device is updated.
Viewing the MSTP Interface Table
1
Open the
MSTP Interface Settings
page.
2
Click
Show All
.
The
MSTP Interface Table
page opens: