Netgear GS748Tv5 Software Administration Manual - Page 105

MST Port Configuration, To con MST port settings, Switching, Advanced, Port Priority

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GS716Tv3, GS724Tv4, and GS748Tv5 Smart Switches MST Port Configuration Use the MST Port Configuration screen to configure and display Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) settings on a specific port on the switch.  To configure MST port settings: 1. Select Switching > STP > Advanced > MST Port Configuration. Note: If no MST instances have been configured on the switch, the screen displays a "No MSTs Available" message. 2. Select the ports or LAGs to configure. For information about how to select and configure one or more ports or LAGs, see Configuring Interface Settings on page 28. 3. Configure the MST values for the selected port(s) or LAG(s): • Port Priority. The priority for a particular port within the selected MST instance. The port priority is set in multiples of 16. If you specify a value that is not a multiple of 16, the priority is set to the priority is automatically set to the next lowest priority that is a multiple of 16. For example, if you set a value between 0 and 15, the priority is set to 0. If you specify a number between 16 and 31, the priority is set to 16. It takes a value in the range of 0-240. • Port Path Cost. Set the Path Cost to a new value for the specified port in the selected MST instance. It takes a value in the range of 0-200000000. 4. Click the Apply button. The following table describes the read-only MST port configuration information displayed on the Spanning Tree CST Configuration screen Table 28. MST port status information Field Description Auto-calculated Port Path Cost Displays whether the path cost is automatically calculated (Enabled) or not (Disabled). Path cost is calculated based on the link speed of the port if the configured value for Port Path Cost is zero. Port ID The port identifier for the specified port within the selected MST instance. It is made up from the port priority and the interface number of the port. Port Up Time Since Counters Time since the counters were last cleared, displayed in Days, Last Cleared Hours, Minutes, and Seconds. Port Mode Spanning Tree Protocol Administrative Mode associated with the port or port channel. Possible values are Enable or Disable. Configuring Switching 105

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Configuring Switching
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GS716Tv3, GS724Tv4, and GS748Tv5 Smart Switches
MST Port Configuration
Use the MST Port Configuration screen to configure and display Multiple Spanning Tree
(MST) settings on a specific port on the switch.
To configure MST port settings:
1.
Select
Switching
>
STP
>
Advanced
>
MST Port Configuration
.
Note:
If no MST instances have been configured on the switch, the screen
displays a “No MSTs Available” message.
2.
Select the ports or LAGs to configure.
For information about how to select and configure one or more ports or LAGs, see
Configuring Interface Settings
on page 28.
3.
Configure the MST values for the selected port(s) or LAG(s):
Port Priority
. The priority for a particular port within the selected MST instance. The
port priority is set in multiples of 16. If you specify a value that is not a multiple of 16,
the priority is set to the priority is automatically set to the next lowest priority that is a
multiple of 16. For example, if you set a value between 0 and 15, the priority is set to
0. If you specify a number between 16 and 31, the priority is set to 16. It takes a value
in the range of 0–240.
Port Path Cost
. Set the Path Cost to a new value for the specified port in the
selected MST instance. It takes a value in the range of 0–200000000.
4.
Click the
Apply
button.
The following table describes the read-only MST port configuration information displayed on
the Spanning Tree CST Configuration screen
Table 28.
MST port status information
Field
Description
Auto-calculated Port Path
Cost
Displays whether the path cost is automatically calculated
(Enabled) or not (Disabled). Path cost is calculated based on the
link speed of the port if the configured value for Port Path Cost is
zero.
Port ID
The port identifier for the specified port within the selected MST
instance. It is made up from the port priority and the interface
number of the port.
Port Up Time Since Counters
Last Cleared
Time since the counters were last cleared, displayed in Days,
Hours, Minutes, and Seconds.
Port Mode
Spanning Tree Protocol Administrative Mode associated with the
port or port channel. Possible values are
Enable
or
Disable
.