Netgear XSM4324FS User Manual - Page 228

M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches 5. Use MST ID to select one MST instance from existing MST instances. 6. Use Interface to select one of the physical or port channel interfaces associated with VLANs associated with the selected MST instance. 7. Use Port Priority to specify the priority for a particular port within the selected MST instance. The port priority is set in multiples of 16. For example if the priority is attempted to be set to any value between 0 and 15, it is set to 0. If it is tried to be set to any value between 16 and (2*16-1) it is set to 16 and so on. 8. Use Port Path Cost to 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 1 to 200000000. 9. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. The following table describes the read-only MST port configuration information displayed on the Spanning Tree CST Configuration page. Table 80. MST Port Status Field Auto Calculated Port Path Cost Port ID Port Uptime Since Last Clear Counters Port Mode Port Forwarding State Port Role Designated Root Designated Cost Designated Bridge Designated Port Description Displays whether the path cost is automatically calculated (Enable) or not (Disable). Path cost is calculated based on the link speed of the port if the configured value for Port Path Cost is zero. 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. Time since the counters were last cleared, displayed in Days, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds. Spanning Tree Protocol Administrative mode associated with the port or port channel. The possible values are Enable or Disable. The Forwarding State of this port. Each MST Bridge Port that is enabled is assigned a Port Role for each spanning tree. The port role is one of the following values: Root Port, Designated Port, Alternate Port, Backup Port, Master Port or Disabled Port. Root Bridge for the selected MST instance. It is made up using the bridge priority and the base MAC address of the bridge. Path Cost offered to the LAN by the Designated Port. Bridge Identifier of the bridge with the Designated Port. It is made up using the bridge priority and the base MAC address of the bridge. Port Identifier on the Designated Bridge that offers the lowest cost to the LAN. It is made up from the port priority and the interface number of the port. Configure Switching Information 228 User Manual