What Is Port Id in Stp

Port ID is a logical interface identifier configured to participate in the STP instance. AFAIK it consists of port priority and port index. If BPDUs have the same Root Bridge ID, the same path cost to the Root and the same Sending Bridge ID (multiple links between two switches) then Port ID is used as a tie-breaker.

What is STP bridge ID?

Each switch has a unique bridge identifier (bridge ID), that determines the selection of the root switch. The bridge ID is an 8-byte field that is composed of two sub fields: The value for the priority ranges from 0 to 61440 in steps of 4096. The default value for the priority is 32768.

What is the difference between root ID and bridge ID?

Each switch has a Bridge ID (BID) that is made up of a priority value, an extended system ID, and the MAC address of the switch. … By default, the root ID matches the local BID for all switches on the network. The root ID identifies the root bridge on the network.

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