Cisco Systems 3130 User Manual

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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 19      Configuring Optional Spanning-Tree Features
Configuring Optional Spanning-Tree Features
Figure 19-9
Root Guard in a Data-Center Network
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 enabled on the entire 
switched network. Loop guard prevents alternate and root ports from becoming designated ports, and 
spanning tree does not send BPDUs on root or alternate ports. 
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 
interface is blocked by loop guard in all MST instances. On a boundary port, loop guard blocks the 
interface in all MST instances.
Configuring Optional Spanning-Tree Features
These sections contain this configuration information:
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Desired
root switch
Customer network
Potential
spanning-tree root without
root guard enabled
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.
Data-center network