Blocking BPDUs Dell PowerConnect 3524

Question

’m going through the user guide, and I see the following (image below) It says it 'filters' BPDU packets if spanning tree is disabled on an interface. So, if I disable STP on a particular interface, does this mean that those packets will not be forwarded on? I need BPDU transmission blocked on a particular port. Cisco allows you to do this by running spanning-tree #bpdufilter enable on an interface – this stops that port from receiving or sending BPDUS. I need to do that with this Dell switch. http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_powerconnect/powerconnect-3524_User%27s%20Guide_en-us.pdf

DELL-Josh Cr · Accepted Answer

Hi, Filtering means that the packets are not sent. The Cisco command you provided says bpdufilter, our definition of the command is the same. Filtering is the default value when you turn of STP.

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