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Spanning Tree Protocol
A port in the listening state:
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Discards frames received from the network segment to which it is attached.
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Discards packets sent from another port on the switch for forwarding.
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Does not add addresses to its forwarding database.
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Receives BPDUs and directs them to the processor.
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Processes BPDUs received from the processor.
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Receives and responds to network management messages.
Figure D-2: Listening state
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