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TC-BPDU transmission restriction
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TC-BPDU guard
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BPDU drop
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PVST BPDU guard
Configuring BPDU guard
For access layer devices, the access ports can directly connect to the user terminals (such as PCs)
or file servers. The access ports are configured as edge ports to allow rapid transition. When these
ports receive configuration BPDUs, the system automatically sets the ports as non-edge ports and
starts a new spanning tree calculation process. This causes a change of network topology. Under
normal conditions, these ports should not receive configuration BPDUs. However, if someone uses
configuration BPDUs maliciously to attack the devices, the network will become unstable.
The spanning tree protocol provides the BPDU guard feature to protect the system against such
attacks. When edge ports receive configuration BPDUs on a device with BPDU guard enabled, the
device performs the following operations:
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Shuts down these ports.
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Notifies the NMS that these ports have been shut down by the spanning tree protocol.
The device reactivates the shutdown ports after a detection interval. For more information about this
detection interval, see
Fundamentals Configuration Guide
.
You can configure the BPDU guard feature globally or on a per-edge port basis.
BPDU guard does not take effect on loopback-testing-enabled ports. For more information about
loopback testing, see
Interface Configuration Guide
.
Enabling BPDU guard globally
The global BPDU guard setting takes effect on all edge ports that are not configured by using the
stp
port bpdu-protection
command.
To enable BPDU guard globally:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enable BPDU guard globally.
stp bpdu-protection
By default, BPDU guard is globally
disabled.
Configuring BPDU guard on an interface
An edge port preferentially uses the port-specific BPDU guard setting. If the port-specific BPDU
guard setting is not available, the edge port uses the global BPDU guard setting.
To configure BPDU guard on an interface:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface or Layer 2
aggregate interface view.
interface
interface-type
interface-number
The specified interface must
connect to a user terminal rather
than other device or shared LAN
segment.
3.
Configure BPDU guard.
stp port bpdu-protection
{ enable | disable }
By default, BPDU guard is not
configured on a per-edge port
basis. The status of BPDU guard on
an interface is the same as the