Configuring port role restriction


[CAUTION: ]

CAUTION:

Use this feature with caution, because enabling port role restriction on a port might affect the connectivity of the spanning tree topology.


The bridge ID change of a device in the user access network might cause a change to the spanning tree topology in the core network. To avoid this problem, you can enable port role restriction on a port. With this feature enabled, when the port receives a superior BPDU, it becomes an alternate port rather than a root port.

Make this configuration on the port that connects to the user access network.

To configure port role restriction:

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface or Layer 2 aggregate interface view.

interface interface-type interface-number

N/A

3. Enable port role restriction.

stp role-restriction

By default, port role restriction is disabled.