H3C Technologies H3C S5560 Series Switches - Manual (Page 134)

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Configuring protection functions
A spanning tree device supports the following protection functions:
• BPDU guard
• Root guard
• Loop guard
• Port role restriction
• TC-BPDU transmission restriction
• TC-BPDU guard
• BPDU drop
Enabling BPDU guard
For access layer devices, the access ports can directly connect to the user terminals (such as PCs) or file
servers. The access ports are configured as edge ports to allow rapid transition. When these ports
receive configuration BPDUs, the system automatically sets the ports as non-edge ports and starts a new
spanning tree calculation process. This causes a change of network topology. Under normal conditions,
these ports should not receive configuration BPDUs. However, if someone uses configuration BPDUs
maliciously to attack the devices, the network will become unstable.
The spanning tree protocol provides the BPDU guard function to protect the system against such attacks.
When edge ports receive configuration BPDUs on a device with BPDU guard enabled, the device
performs the following tasks:
• Shuts down these ports.
• Notifies the NMS that these ports have been shut down by the spanning tree protocol.
The device reactivates the shutdown ports after a detection interval. For more information about this
detection interval, see Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
BPDU guard does not take effect on loopback-testing-enabled ports. For more information about
loopback testing, see "Configuring Ethernet interfaces."
Configure BPDU guard on a device with edge ports configured.
To enable BPDU guard:
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view. system-view N/A
2. Enable the BPDU guard
function for the device.
stp bpdu-protection
By default, BPDU guard is
disabled.
Enabling root guard
The root bridge and secondary root bridge of a spanning tree should be located in the same MST region.
Especially for the CIST, the root bridge and secondary root bridge are put in a high-bandwidth core
region during network design. However, due to possible configuration errors or malicious attacks in the
network, the legal root bridge might receive a configuration BPDU with a higher priority. Another device