Displaying RSTP status

Use this procedure to view RSTP status.

Procedure steps

  1. From the navigation tree, double-click VLAN.

  2. From the VLAN tree, double-click Spanning Tree.

  3. From the Spanning Tree folder, click RSTP.

  4. Select the Status tab.

Variable definitions

The following table outlines the parameters of the Status tab.

Table 1. RSTP Status tab parameters
Variable Value
Port The port number.
Role A role represents a functionality characteristic or capability of a resource to which policies are applied.
OperVersion This indicates whether the Port is operationally in the RSTP mode or the STP-compatible mode; that is, whether the Port is transmitting RSTP BPDUs or Config/TCN BPDUs.
EffectivePortState This is the effective Operational state of the port. This object is set to true only when the port is operationally up in the interface manager and when the force Port State and specified port state for this port is enabled. Otherwise, this object is set to false.