Using Snmp To View And Configure Switch Authentication Features - HP ProCurve J8766A Release Note

C a u t i o n
This command should only be used to guard edge ports that are not expected to participate in STP
operations. Once BPDU protection is enabled, it will disable the port as soon as any BPDU packet is
received on that interface.
Viewing BPDU Protection Status
The show spanning-tree command has additional information on BPDU protection as shown below.
ProCurve# show spanning-tree 1-10
Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Information
STP Enabled : Yes
Force Version : MSTP-operation
IST Mapped VLANs : 1-7
...
Protected Ports : 3-7,9
Filtered Ports
Port Type
---- --------- + --------- ----- ---------- + ------------- ----- --- ----
1 100/1000T | 200000
2 100/1000T | 200000
3 100/1000T | 200000
4 100/1000T | Auto
5 100/1000T | 200000
6 100/1000T | 200000
7 100/1000T | 200000
8 100/1000T | Auto
9 100/1000T | Auto
10 100/1000T | 200000
Figure 23. Example of BPDU Protection Additions to Show Spanning Tree Command

Using SNMP To View and Configure Switch Authentication Features

In earlier software releases, SNMP MIB object access has not been available for switch authentication
configuration (hpSwitchAuth) features. Beginning with software release L.10.20, the 4200 switches
allow, by default, manager-only SNMP read/write access to a subset of the authentication MIB objects
for the following features:
: 10
| Prio
| Cost rity
128
128
128
128
128
128
128
128
128
128
Ports with BPDU protection enabled
Errant BPDU detected on this port
| Designated
State | Bridge
Forwarding | 000883-024500 2
Forwarding | 000883-122740 2
BpduError |
Disabled |
Forwarding |
Forwarding |
Forwarding |
Disabled |
Disabled |
Forwarding |
Enhancements
Release L.10.20 Enhancements
Hello
Time PtP Edge
Yes No
Yes No
2 Yes Yes
2 Yes Yes
2 Yes Yes
2 Yes Yes
2 Yes Yes
51