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Port Identifies the physical port.
Port Type If not blank, this field indicates that this port is a special type of port. The possible
values are:
Mirrored
Port being mirrored.
Probe
Probe port, participating in Port Mirroring.
LAG Member of a link aggregation trunk.
STP Mode The Administrative Mode for the port or LAG. The possible values are Enabled and
Disabled.
Forwarding State
The port’s current spanning tree state. This state controls what action a port takes on
receipt of a frame. If the bridge detects a malfunctioning port it will place that port
into the Broken state. The other four states are defined in IEEE 802.1s as:
• Disabled
• Manual Forwarding
• Learning
• Forwarding
Port Role Each Enabled bridge port is assigned a port role. The port role will be one of the
following values: Root Port, Designated Port, Alternate Port, Backup Port, Master
Port or Disabled Port.
Admin Mode
Displays the port administration mode. The port must be Enabled in order for it to
be allowed into the network. The factory default is Enabled.