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Base tab fields


Field Description
BridgeAddress
MAC address of the bridge when it is referred to in a unique fashion. This address should be the smallest MAC address of all ports that belong to the bridge. However, it is has to be unique. When concatenated with dot1dStpPriority, a unique bridge ID is formed that is then used in the Spanning Tree Protocol.
NumPorts
Number of ports controlled by the bridging entity.
Type
Indicates the type of bridging this bridge can perform. If the bridge is actually performing a certain type of bridging, this will be indicated by entries in the port table for the given type.

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