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March 2nd, 2014 06:00

BPDU Filtering

Hello,

Switch Model - PowerConnect 5424

SW version - 2.0.0.46

I have a problem with BPDU Filtering (Spanning-Tree)

this is my topology (attached picture), both switches working fine with STP - MST

(CISCO Switch is the - root bridge for instance 1 + 2).

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My problem appear when i connect new switch to Dell PowerConnect 5424 that is working with PVST, but the connection port configured with STP DISABLE + global configuration (spanning-tree bpdu filtering).

In this situation the Dell Switch become the root bridge for instance 1 + 2.

What can i do to block bpdu message (PVST) from the new Switch that connect to dell and working with PVST. (Attached example),

Thanks,

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March 3rd, 2014 06:00

One thing you could try is enable portfast and BPDU filtering on the one specific port on the 5424, then test.

However you can manually set the Cisco switch with a lower priority, forcing it to be the root.

Eaxample:

Switch-15> (enable)set spantree root 1
VLAN 1 bridge priority set to 8192

With the priority hard set to be lower it will win the election process.
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