The status of this entry. The meanings of the values are: inactive(1) : this entry is not longer valid (e.g., it was learned but has since aged-out), but has not yet been flushed from the table. active(2) : the value of the corresponding instance of atswitchBrTpFdbPort was active, and is being used. other(3) : none of the following. This would include the case where some other MIB object (not the corresponding instance of atswitchBrTpFdbPort ) is being used to determine if and how frames addressed to the value of the corresponding instance of atswitchBrTpFdbAddress are being forwarded.