Netgear M4300-8X8F (XSM4316S) - Stackable Managed Switch with 16x10G including 8x10GBASE-T and 8xSFP+ Layer 3 User Manual

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Launch a web browser.

Enter http://<ipaddress> in the web browser address field.

The login window opens.

Enter the user name and password. 

The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is, 
do not enter a password.

Click the Login button. 

The System Information page displays.

Select Switching > STP > Advanced > CST Port Configuration. 

Select an interface. 

You can select a physical or port channel interface associated with VLANs associated 
with the CST.

Use Port Priority to specify the priority for a particular port within the CST. 

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 is set to 0. If it is tried to be set to any value between 16 
and (2*16-1) it is set to 16 and so on. The default value is 128.

Use Admin Edge Port to specify if the specified port is an Edge Port within the CIST. 

Use the menu to select Disable or Enable. The default value is Disable.

Use Port Path Cost to set the Path Cost to a new value for the specified port in the 

common and internal spanning tree. 

It takes a value in the range of 1 to 200000000. The default is 0.

Use External Port Path Cost to set the External Path Cost to a new value for the specified 

port in the spanning tree. 

It takes a value in the range of 1 to 200000000. The default is 0.

Use BPDU Filter to configure the BPDU Filter, which filters the BPDU traffic on this port 

when STP is enabled on this port. 

The possible values are Enable or Disable. The default value is Disable.

Use BPDU Flood to configure the BPDU Flood, which floods the BPDU traffic arriving on 

this port when STP is disabled on this port.