Configuring Bpdu Dropping - H3C S5100-SI Operation Manual

default) regardless of the number of the TC-BPDUs it receives. Such a mechanism prevents a switch
from being busy in removing the MAC address table and ARP entries.
You can use the stp tc-protection threshold command to set the maximum times for a switch to
remove the MAC address table and ARP entries in a specific period. When the number of the
TC-BPDUs received within a period is less than the maximum times, the switch performs a removing
operation upon receiving a TC-BPDU. After the number of the TC-BPDUs received reaches the
maximum times, the switch stops performing the removing operation. For example, if you set the
maximum times for a switch to remove the MAC address table and ARP entries to 100 and the switch
receives 200 TC-BPDUs in the period, the switch removes the MAC address table and ARP entries for
only 100 times within the period.
Configuration prerequisites
MSTP runs normally on the switch.
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure the TC-BPDU attack guard function:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable the TC-BPDU attack
guard function
Set the maximum times that a
switch can remove the MAC
address table and ARP entries
within each 10 seconds
Configuration example
# Enable the TC-BPDU attack guard function
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] stp tc-protection enable
# Set the maximum times for the switch to remove the MAC address table and ARP entries within 10
seconds to 5.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] stp tc-protection threshold 5

Configuring BPDU Dropping

In a STP-enabled network, some users may send BPDU packets to the switch continuously in order to
destroy the network. When a switch receives the BPDU packets, it will forward them to other switches.
As a result, STP calculation is performed repeatedly, which may occupy too much CPU of the switches
or cause errors in the protocol state of the BPDU packets.
In order to avoid this problem, you can enable BPDU dropping on Ethernet ports. Once the function is
enabled on a port, the port will not receive or forward any BPDU packets. In this way, the switch is
protected against the BPDU packet attacks so that the STP calculation is assured to be right.
Use the command...
system-view
stp tc-protection enable
stp tc-protection threshold
number
1-38
Remarks
—
Required
The TC-BPDU attack guard
function is disabled by default.
Optional