ES-2048 User’s Guide
Chapter 11 Spanning Tree Protocol 107
11.2 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Status
Use this screen to view RSTP settings, see Section 11.1 on page 105 for more information on
RSTP. Click Spanning Tree Protocol in the Advanced Application, Spanning Tree
Protocol screen.
Figure 45 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol: Status
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Learning All BPDUs are received and processed. Information frames are submitted to the
learning process but not forwarded.
Forwarding All BPDUs are received and processed. All information frames are received and
forwarded.
Table 23 STP Port States
PORT STATE DESCRIPTION
Table 24 Spanning Tree Protocol: Status
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Rapid Spanning
Tree Protocol
This field displays Running if STP is activated. Otherwise, it displays Down.
Configuration Click Configuration to configure STP settings. Refer to Section 11.3 on page 108.
Bridge Root refers to the base of the spanning tree (the root bridge). Our Bridge is this
switch. This switch may also be the root bridge.
Bridge ID This is the unique identifier for this bridge, consisting of bridge priority plus MAC
address. This ID is the same for Root and Our Bridge if the switch is the root
switch.
Hello Time
(second)
This is the time interval (in seconds) at which the root switch transmits a
configuration message. The root bridge determines Hello Time, Max Age and
Forwarding Delay
Max Age (second) This is the maximum time (in seconds) a switch can wait without receiving a
configuration message before attempting to reconfigure.
