Dell C1048P Port Extender Networking Configuration Guide for the C9000 Series - Page 910

Dell(conf-if-te-0/7)#do show ip int br te 0/7 Interface IP-Address OK Method Status Protocol TenGigabitEthernet 0/7 unassigned YES Manual up up Selecting STP Root The STP determines the root bridge, but you can assign one bridge a lower priority to increase the likelihood that it becomes the root bridge. You can also specify that a bridge is the root or the secondary root. To change the bridge priority or specify that a bridge is the root or secondary root, use the following command. • Assign a number as the bridge priority or designate it as the root or secondary root. PROTOCOL SPANNING TREE mode bridge-priority {priority-value | primary | secondary} - priority-value: the range is from 0 to 65535. The lower the number assigned, the more likely this bridge becomes the root bridge. The primary option specifies a bridge priority of 8192. The secondary option specifies a bridge priority of 16384. The default is 32768. Example of Viewing STP Root Information To view only the root information, use the show spanning-tree root command from EXEC privilege mode. Dell#show spanning-tree 0 root Root ID Priority 32768, Address 0001.e80d.2462 We are the root of the spanning tree Root Bridge hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15 Dell# STP Root Guard Use the STP root guard feature in a Layer 2 network to avoid bridging loops. In STP, the switch in the network with the lowest priority (as determined by STP or set with the bridge-priority command) is selected as the root bridge. If two switches have the same priority, the switch with the lower MAC address is selected as the root. All other switches in the network use the root bridge as the reference used to calculate the shortest forwarding path. Because any switch in an STP network with a lower priority can become the root bridge, the forwarding topology may not be stable. The location of the root bridge can change, resulting in unpredictable network behavior. The STP root guard feature ensures that the position of the root bridge does not change. Root Guard Scenario For example, as shown in the following illustration (STP topology 1, upper left) Switch A is the root bridge in the network core. Switch C functions as an access switch connected to an external device. The link between Switch C and Switch B is in a Blocking state. The flow of STP BPDUs is shown in the illustration. In STP topology 2 (shown in the upper right), STP is enabled on device D on which a software bridge application is started to connect to the network. Because the priority of the bridge in device D is lower than the root bridge in Switch A, device D is elected as root, causing the link between Switches A and B to enter a Blocking state. Network traffic then begins to flow in the directions indicated by the BPDU arrows in the topology. If the links between Switches C and A or Switches C and B cannot handle the increased traffic flow, frames may be dropped. In STP topology 3 (shown in the lower middle), if you have enabled the root guard feature on the STP port on Switch C that connects to device D, and device D sends a superior BPDU that would trigger the election of device D as the new root bridge, Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 910