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502 Spanning-Tree Commands
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Default Configuration
The default setting is flooding.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
The filtering and flooding modes are relevant when the spanning tree is
disabled globally or on a single interface.
Example
The following example defines the BPDU packet handling mode as flooding
when the spanning tree is disabled on an interface
.
console(config)# spanning-tree bpdu flooding
spanning-tree bpdu (Interface)
Use the spanning-tree bpdu Interface (Ethernet, Port Channel)
Configuration mode command to define BPDU handling when the spanning
tree is disabled on a single interface. Use the no form of this command to
restore the default configuration.
Syntax
spanning-tree bpdu {filtering | flooding}
no spanning-tree bpdu
Parameters
• filtering—Specifies that BPDU packets are filtered when the spanning tree
is disabled on an interface.
• flooding—Specifies that untagged BPDU packets are flooded
unconditionally (without applying VLAN rules) to ports with the spanning
tree disabled and BPDU handling mode of flooding. Tagged BPDU packets
are filtered.