Users Guide

Conguring an EdgePort
The EdgePort feature enables interfaces to begin forwarding trac approximately 30 seconds sooner.
In this mode, an interface forwards frames by default until it receives a BPDU that indicates that it should behave otherwise; it does not go
through the Learning and Listening states. The
bpduguard shutdown-on-violation option causes the interface hardware to be
shut down when it receives a BPDU. When you implement only
bpduguard, although the interface is placed in an Error Disabled state
when receiving the BPDU, the physical interface remains up and spanning-tree drops packets in the hardware after a BPDU violation.
BPDUs are dropped in the software after receiving the BPDU violation. This feature is the same as PortFast mode in spanning tree.
CAUTION: Congure EdgePort only on links connecting to an end station. EdgePort can cause loops if you enable it on an
interface connected to a network.
To enable EdgePort on an interface, use the following command.
• Enable EdgePort on an interface.
INTERFACE mode
spanning-tree mstp edge-port [bpduguard | shutdown-on-violation]
Dell Networking OS Behavior: Regarding bpduguard shutdown-on-violation behavior:
• If the interface to be shut down is a port channel, all the member ports are disabled in the hardware.
• When you add a physical port to a port channel already in the Error Disable state, the new member port is also disabled in the
hardware.
• When you remove a physical port from a port channel in the Error Disable state, the error disabled state is cleared on this physical
port (the physical port is enabled in the hardware).
• You can clear the Error Disabled state with any of the following methods:
• Use the shutdown command on the interface.
• Disable the shutdown-on-violation command on the interface (using the no spanning-tree stp-id portfast
[bpduguard | [shutdown-on-violation]] command).
• Disable spanning tree on the interface (using the no spanning-tree command in INTERFACE mode).
• Disabling global spanning tree (using the no spanning-tree command in CONFIGURATION mode).
Example of Enabling an EdgePort on an Interface
To verify that EdgePort is enabled, use the show config command from INTERFACE mode.
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1/1)#spanning-tree mstp edge-port
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1/1)#show config
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet 1/1/1
no ip address
switchport
spanning-tree mstp edge-port
spanning-tree MSTI 1 priority 144
no shutdown
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1/1)#
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change
Dell Networking OS has an optimized MAC address ush mechanism for RSTP, MSTP, and PVST+ that ushes addresses only when
necessary, which allows for faster convergence during topology changes.
However, you may activate the ushing mechanism dened by 802.1Q-2003 using the tc-flush-standard command, which ushes
MAC addresses after every topology change notication.
To view the enable status of this feature, use the show running-config spanning-tree mstp command from EXEC Privilege
mode.
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
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