Understanding Loop Guard; Configuring Optional Spanning-Tree Features - Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 15

Configuring Optional Spanning-Tree Features

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Understanding Loop Guard

You can use loop guard to prevent alternate or root ports from becoming designated ports because of a
failure that leads to a unidirectional link. This feature is most effective when it is configured on the entire
switched network.
You can enable this feature by using the spanning-tree loopguard default global configuration
command.
When the switch is operating in PVST+ or rapid-PVST+ mode, loop guard prevents alternate and root
ports from becoming designated ports, and spanning tree does not send BPDUs on root or alternate ports.
When the switch is operating in MST mode, BPDUs are not sent on nonboundary ports only if the port
is blocked by loop guard in all MST instances. On a boundary port, loop guard blocks the port in all MST
instances.
Configuring Optional Spanning-Tree Features
These sections describe how to configure optional spanning-tree features:
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Root Guard in a Service-Provider Network
Customer network
Potential
root guard enabled
Default Optional Spanning-Tree Configuration, page 15-14
Optional Spanning-Tree Configuration Guidelines, page 15-14
Enabling Port Fast, page 15-14
Enabling BPDU Guard, page 15-15
Enabling BPDU Filtering, page 15-16
Enabling UplinkFast for Use with Redundant Links, page 15-17
Enabling Cross-Stack UplinkFast, page 15-18
Enable the root-guard feature
on these interfaces to prevent
switches in the customer
network from becoming
the root switch or being
in the path to the root.
(optional)
(optional)
(optional)
(optional)
Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 2955 Switch Software Configuration Guide
Configuring Optional Spanning-Tree Features
Service-provider network
Desired
root switch
(optional)
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