DES-3226 NWay Standalone Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
A disabled port does the following:
• Discards packets received from the network segment to which it is attached.
• Discards packets sent from another port on the switch for forwarding.
• Does not add addresses to its forwarding database.
• Receives BPDUs, but does not direct them to the system CPU.
• Does not receive BPDUs for transmission from the system CPU.
• Receives and responds to network management messages.
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