D-Link DGS-3100 Switch User Manual


 
DGS-3100 Series Gigabit Stackable Managed Switch User Manual
Field Description
another port for forwarding
Disabled — Disables the port for the specific instance.
Role
Indicates the port role assigned by the STP algorithm to provide to STP paths. The possible
field values are:
Enabled — Enables the port for the specific instance.
Root — Provides the lowest cost path to forward packets to the root device.
Designated — Indicates the port or LAG through which the designated device is attached
to the LAN.
Alternate — Provides an alternate path to the root device from the root interface.
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.
Disabled — Indicates the port is not participating in the Spanning Tree.
2. Define the values in the Unit and Port fields.
3. Click
.
4. Define the Internal Path Cost and Priority fields.
5. Click
.
6. Click
adjacent to an MSTI ID row to edit the values for Internal Path Cost and Priority.
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