Netgear GSM7248v2 - ProSAFE 48 Port Layer 2 Gigabit L2 Ethernet Switch User Manual

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  Chapter 3.  Configuring Switching Information
 
   
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MST Port Status
Use the Spanning Tree MST Port Status page to configure and display Multiple Spanning 
Tree (MST) settings on a specific port on the switch.
To display the Spanning Tree MST Port Status page, click Switching 
 STP 
 Advanced 
 
MST Port Configuration.
Note:  
If no MST instances have been configured on the switch, the page 
displays a “No MSTs Available” message and does not display the 
fields shown in the field description table that follows.
To configure MST port settings:
1. 
Use MST ID to select one MST instance from existing MST instances.
2. 
Use Interface to select one of the physical or port channel interfaces associated with VLANs 
associated with the selected MST instance.
3. 
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 will be set to 0. If it is tried to be set to any value 
between 16 and (2*16-1) it will be set to 16 and so on.
4. 
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.