3com S7906E Manuel De Montage

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Follow these steps to enable root guard:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

—

Enter Ethernet
interface view, or
Layer 2
aggregate
interface view

interface interface-type
interface-number

Enter
interface view
or port group
view

Enter port group
view

port-group manual
port-group-name

Required
Use either command.

Enable the root guard function for
the port(s)

stp root-protection

Required
Disabled by default

Enabling Loop guard

By keeping receiving BPDUs from the upstream device, a device can maintain the state of the root port
and blocked ports. However, due to link congestion or unidirectional link failures, these ports may fail to
receive BPDUs from the upstream devices. In this case, the downstream device will reselect the port
roles: Those ports in forwarding state that failed to receive upstream BPDUs will become designated
ports, and the blocked ports will transition to the forwarding state, resulting in loops in the switched
network. The loop guard function can suppress the occurrence of such loops.

With loop guard enabled on a port, all instances on it are in the discarding state initially. Upon receiving
BPDUs, it can transition its role normally; if receiving no BPDU, it stays in the discarding state, thus
avoiding loops.

Do not enable loop guard on ports connecting to terminals, such as PCs. Otherwise, such ports will
always stay in the discarding state because they cannot receive BPDUs.

Make this configuration on the root port or an alternate port of a device.

Follow these steps to enable loop guard: