With IPHost Network Monitor you can run simple snmp requests against a Nortel device in your network.
vrPpSrclForwardTransitions
Virtual Router Passport Srcl Forward Transitions
This attribute is indicative of the number of times this bridge port transitioned from the learning state to the forwarding state. This counter wraps around its maximum value of 4294967295. A rapidly increasing value might be indicative of an unstable spanning tree topology.
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