Users Guide

Enter the optional keyword shutdown-on-violation to hardware disable an
interface when a BPDU is received and the port is disabled.
priority priority Enter keyword priority then a number as the priority. The range is from zero
(0) to 15. The default is 8.
Defaults cost = depends on the interface type; priority = 8
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.10.1 Introduced the loopguard and rootguard options on the S4810.
8.4.2.1 Introduced the loopguard and rootguard options on the E-Series TeraScale,
C-Series, and S-Series.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.2.1.0 Introduced the shutdown-on-violation option.
7.7.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.2.1.1 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
If you enable portfast bpduguard on an interface and the interface receives a BPDU, the software
disables the interface and sends a message stating that fact. The port is in ERR_DISABLE mode, yet
appears in the show interface commands as enabled. If you do not enable shutdown-on-
violation
, BPDUs are still sent to the RPM CPU.
STP loop guard and root guard are supported on a port or port-channel enabled in any Spanning Tree mode:
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
(MSTP), and Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+).
Root guard is supported on any STP-enabled port or port-channel except when used as a stacking port.
When enabled on a port, root guard applies to all VLANs congured on the port.
STP root guard and loop guard cannot be enabled at the same time on a port. For example, if you congure
loop guard on a port on which root guard is already congured, the following error message is displayed: %
Error: RootGuard is configured. Cannot configure LoopGuard
.
Do not enable Portfast BPDU guard and loop guard at the same time on a port. Enabling both features may
result in a port that remains in a blocking state and prevents trac from owing through it. For example,
when Portfast BPDU guard and loop guard are both congured:
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Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)