Tuesday, July 16, 2013

PortFast


  • PortFast doesnt disable STP on edge ports.
  • Only put in blocked state
  • Only send BPDU, doesnt recive BPDU
  • Edge ports not subject to forward delay
  • Not generate TCN (so no flush of CAM table, it cuts down the unknown unicast flooding in network) 

  • spanning-tree portfast default
    • if enable portfast globally, every access port interfaces become portfast enabled port but not on trunk links
    • some times there is a situation, enable portfast on trunk links also
    • at that time use spanning-tree portfast trunk cmd used.
  • If portfast enabled globally, when access port receive bpdu, it losses the portfast state and complete the listening & learning states then go to forwarding state
  • But if portfast enable at interface level, port will remain in portfast state regardless of bpdu receive.
  • show spanning-tree int e0/0 portfast

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