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Spanning Tree Protocol
Disabled State
A port in the disabled state does not participate in frame forwarding or STP. A port in the
disabled state is virtually non-operational.
A disabled port does the following:
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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.
HP ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide D-7
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