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Chapter 6 Creating and managing multiple STGs 145
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Figure 67 Status window
Table 51 describes the Status window fields.
Table 51 Status window fields
Field Description
Id Displays the STG ID.
BridgeAddress Displays the MAC address used by this bridge.
NumPorts Displays the number of ports controlled by this bridging
entity.
ProtocolSpecification Displays the version of spanning tree that is running.
TimeSinceTopologyChan
ge
Displays the time, in hundredths of seconds, since the last
topology change.
TopChanges Displays number of topology changes since switch was
reset.
DesignatedRoot Displays MAC address of designated root of STP.
RootCost Displays the cost of the path to the root.
RootPort Displays the port number of the port with the lowest-cost path
from this bridge to the root bridge.
MaxAge Displays the maximum age, in hundredths of a second, of
STP information learned from any port in the network before
information is discarded.
HelloTime Displays the amount of time, in hundredths of seconds,
between Hello messages.
HoldTime Displays interval, in hundredths of seconds, during which no
more than 2 Hello messages can be transmitted.
ForwardDelay Displays interval, in hundredths of seconds, the switch
currently stays in Listening or Learning mode, before moving
to Forwarding mode. this value is also used to age dynamic
entries in the Forwarding Database.