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e switch with the lowest numerical switch ID becomes the root. It is recommended
that the root port and alternate port are specied using the priority.
Port Identifier – e port ID consists of 4 bits for the port priority and 12 bits for the
port number. e port ID is interpreted as an unsigned integer value. When comparing
two port IDs, the one with the lowest numeric value is of higher priority.
Figure 6.5 – RSTP Port Configuration Web Page
e RSTP Port Conguration page contains the following elds (see Figure 6.5):
Port Number – Indicates the number of the port currently selected.
Port Name – Indicates the name of the port.
RSTP Port State – Indicates the status in which this port takes part in STP.
Operational Edge Port – Indicates whether this port is operated as an edge port.
Admin Edge Port – Here you can specify whether this port is to be operated as an edge
port (default setting), if possible.
Priority – Indicates the priority set for this port. Due to backwards compatibility with
STP, priority values can be set that are not congurable in RSTP.
Admin Path Cost – Indicates the path costs set for this port. A path cost equal to “0”
activates the cost calculation according to the transmission speed (10 MBps = 100; 100
MBps = 19).
Path Cost – Indicates the path costs used for this port.
Forward Transitions – Indicates how oen the port switches from the “Discarding”
state to the “Forwarding” state. Additional parameters provide information about net-
work paths in a stable topology that are used by the BPDU telegrams.
Designated Root – Gives the root bridge for this Spanning Tree.
Designated Bridge – Indicates the switch from which the port receives the best BPDUs.
e value is based on the priority value in hex and the MAC address.
Designated Port – Gives the port from which the BPDUs are sent. e value is based
on the port priority (2 digits) and the port number.
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