Configure An Edgeport - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

Task
Change the port priority of an interface.
Range: 0 to 240, in increments of 16
Default: 128
The values for interface PVST+ parameters are given in the output of the command
, as shown in
pvst

Configure an EdgePort

The EdgePort feature enables interfaces to begin forwarding traffic approximately 30 seconds sooner. In
this mode an interface forwards frames by default until it receives a BPDU that indicates that it should
behave otherwise; it does not go through the Learning and Listening states. The
shutdown-on-violation
When only
bpduguard
receiving the BPDU, the physical interface remains up and spanning-tree will drop packets in the hardware
after a BPDU violation. BPDUs are dropped in the software after receiving the BPDU violation. This
feature is the same as PortFast mode in Spanning Tree.
Configure EdgePort only on links connecting to an end station. EdgePort can cause loops if it is enabled
Caution:
on an interface connected to a network.
To enable EdgePort on an interface, use the following command:
Task
Enable EdgePort on an interface.
The EdgePort status of each interface is given in the output of the command
shown in Figure
Figure 38-4.
option causes the interface hardware to be shutdown when it receives a BPDU.
is implemented, although the interface is placed in an Error Disabled state when
38-4.
Command Syntax
spanning-tree pvst vlan priority
Command Syntax
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
[ bpduguard |
shutdown-on-violation]
Command Mode
INTERFACE
show spanning-tree
bpduguard
Command Mode
INTERFACE
show spanning-tree pvst
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) | 811
, as