Reference Guide

bpdu-destination-mac-address
Use the Provider Bridge Group address in Spanning Tree or GVRP PDUs.
Syntax
bpdu-destination-mac-address [stp | gvrp] provider-bridge-group
Parameters
xstp Force STP, RSTP, and MSTP to use the Provider Bridge Group
address as the destination MAC address in its BPDUs.
gvrp Forces GVRP to use the Provider Bridge GVRP Address as the
destination MAC address in its PDUs.
Defaults The destination MAC address for BPDUs is the Bridge Group Address.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the
relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series.
debug spanning-tree
Enable debugging of the spanning tree protocol and view information on the protocol.
Z-Series
Syntax
debug spanning-tree {stp-id [all | bpdu | config | events |
exceptions | general | root] | protocol}
To disable debugging, use the no debug spanning-tree command.
Parameters
stp-id Enter zero (0). The switch supports one spanning tree group with a
group ID of 0.
protocol Enter the keyword for the type of STP to debug, either mstp, pvst,
or
rstp.
all (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword all to debug all spanning tree
operations.
bpdu (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword bpdu to debug bridge protocol data
units.
1372