Monday, February 13, 2012

root guard bpdu guard

Why root guard

The administrator can set the root bridge priority to 0 in an effort to secure the root bridge position. But there is no guarantee against a bridge with a priority of 0 and a lower MAC address.

"root guard " will protect your switch against unplanned spanning tree changes.  (Superior information received)

"bpdu guard" will protect your switch against unplanned spanning tree period!  (ANY information received)

best practice, use BPDU Guard on all access ports unless there is a special situation where you shoud use ROOT Guard only on that port or few ports and BPDU ROOT Guard on trunks in your domain, to preserve your ROOT Bridge position.

 Reference: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com
 Configuring Spanning Tree PortFast, BPDU Guard, BPDU Filter, UplinkFast,
Understanding Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1w)
Spanning Tree Protocol Root Guard Enhancement

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