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This chapter consists of these sections:
Spanning-tree PortFast causes a port to enter the spanning-tree forwarding state immediately, bypassing the listening and learning states. You can use PortFast on switch ports connected to a single workstation or server to allow those devices to connect to the network immediately, rather than waiting for the port to transition from the listening and learning states to the forwarding state.
 | Caution PortFast should be used only when connecting a single end station to a switch port. If you enable PortFast on a port connected to another networking device, such as a switch, you can create network loops. |
When the switch powers up, or when a device is connected to a port, the port normally enters the spanning-tree listening state. When the forward delay timer expires, the port enters the learning state. When the forward delay timer expires a second time, the port is transitioned to the forwarding or blocking state.
When you enable PortFast on a port, the port is immediately and permanently transitioned to the spanning-tree forwarding state.
These sections describe how to configure spanning-tree PortFast on the switch:
| Caution PortFast should be used only when connecting a single end station to a switch port. If you enable PortFast on a port connected to another networking device, such as a switch, you can create network loops. |
To enable PortFast on a switch port, perform this task in privileged mode:
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
Step 1 Enable PortFast on a switch port connected to a single workstation or server. | set spantree portfast mod_num/port_num enable |
Step 2 Verify the PortFast setting. | show spantree mod_num/port_num |
This example shows how to enable PortFast on a port and verify the configuration (the PortFast status is shown in the "Fast-Start" column):
Console> (enable) set spantree portfast 4/1 enable Warning: Spantree port fast start should only be enabled on ports connected to a single host. Connecting hubs, concentrators, switches, bridges, etc. to a fast start port can cause temporary spanning tree loops. Use with caution. Spantree port 4/1 fast start enabled. Console> (enable) show spantree 4/1 Port Vlan Port-State Cost Priority Fast-Start Group-method --------- ---- ------------- ----- -------- ---------- ------------ 4/1 1 blocking 19 20 enabled 4/1 100 forwarding 10 20 enabled 4/1 521 blocking 19 20 enabled 4/1 522 blocking 19 20 enabled 4/1 523 blocking 19 20 enabled 4/1 524 blocking 19 20 enabled 4/1 1003 not-connected 19 20 enabled 4/1 1005 not-connected 19 4 enabled Console> (enable)
To disable PortFast on a switch port, perform this task in privileged mode:
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
Step 1 Disable PortFast on a switch port. | set spantree portfast mod_num/port_num disable |
Step 2 Verify the PortFast setting. | show spantree mod_num/port_num |
This example shows how to disable PortFast on a port:
Console> (enable) set spantree portfast 4/1 disable Spantree port 4/1 fast start disabled. Console> (enable)
UplinkFast provides fast convergence in the network access layer after a spanning-tree topology change using uplink groups. An uplink group is a set of ports (per VLAN), only one of which is forwarding at any given time. Specifically, an uplink group consists of the root port (which is forwarding) and a set of blocked ports (not including self-looped ports). The uplink group provides an alternate path in case the currently forwarding link fails.
Figure 9-1 shows an example UplinkFast network topology. Switch A, the root switch, is connected directly to Switch B over link L1 and to Switch C over link L2. The port on Switch C that is connected to Switch B over link L3 is in blocking state.
If Switch C detects a link failure on the currently active link L2 (a direct link failure), UplinkFast unblocks the blocked port on Switch C and transitions it to the forwarding state immediately, without transitioning the port through the listening and learning states (as shown in Figure 9-2). This switchover takes approximately one to five seconds.
As soon as the switch transitions the alternate port to the forwarding state, the switch begins transmitting dummy multicast frames on that port, one for each entry in the local EARL table (except those entries associated with the failed root port). By default, approximately 15 dummy multicast frames are transmitted per 100 milliseconds.
Each dummy multicast frame uses the station address in the EARL table entry as its source MAC address and a dummy multicast address (01-00-0C-CD-CD-CD) as the destination MAC address.
Switches receiving these dummy multicast frames immediately update their EARL table entries for each source MAC address to use the new port, allowing the switches to begin using the new path almost immediately.
In the event that connectivity on the original root port is restored, the switch waits for a period equal to twice the forward delay time plus 5 seconds before transitioning the port to the forwarding state in order to allow the neighbor port time to transition through the listening and learning states to the forwarding state.
These sections describe how to configure UplinkFast on the switch:
When you enable spanning-tree UplinkFast on the switch, UplinkFast processing is enabled and the spanning-tree bridge priority for all VLANs is set to 49152, making it unlikely that the switch will become the root switch. In addition, the spanning-tree port cost and port-VLAN cost of all ports on the switch is increased by 3000.
The station_update_rate represents the number of dummy multicast packets transmitted per 100 milliseconds (the default is 15 packets per 100 milliseconds) in the event of a direct link failure.
Use the all-protocols on keywords on switches that have UplinkFast enabled but do not have protocol filtering enabled, and that are connected to upstream switches in the network that have protocol filtering enabled. The all-protocols on keywords cause the switch to generate multicasts for each protocol-filtering group.
On switches with both UplinkFast and protocol filtering enabled, or if no other switches have protocol filtering enabled, you do not need to use the all-protocols on keywords.
To enable UplinkFast, perform this task in privileged mode:
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
Step 1 Enable UplinkFast on the switch. | set spantree uplinkfast enable [rate station_update_rate] [all-protocols {off | on}] |
Step 2 Verify that UplinkFast is enabled. | show spantree uplinkfast |
This example shows how to enable UplinkFast with a station-update rate of 40 packets per 100 milliseconds and how to verify that UplinkFast is enabled:
Console> (enable) set spantree uplinkfast enable VLANs 1-1005 bridge priority set to 49152. The port cost and portvlancost of all ports set to above 3000. Station update rate set to 15 packets/100ms. uplinkfast all-protocols field set to off. uplinkfast enabled for bridge. Console> (enable) show spantree uplinkfast Station update rate set to 15 packets/100ms. uplinkfast all-protocols field set to off. VLAN port list ----------------------------------------------- 1 1/1(fwd),1/2 100 1/2(fwd) 521 1/1(fwd),1/2 522 1/1(fwd),1/2 523 1/1(fwd),1/2 524 1/1(fwd),1/2 Console> (enable)
To disable UplinkFast and restore the default spanning-tree bridge priority, port cost, and port-VLAN cost values to their default values, enter the clear spantree uplinkfast command.
 | Caution Use caution when entering the clear spantree uplinkfast command. This command restores the default port-VLAN costs on all ports. If you have configured per-VLAN load sharing on redundant trunk links, the load-sharing configuration could be affected by this command. |
You can disable only spanning-tree UplinkFast processing on the switch using the set spantree uplinkfast disable command. This command does not affect the bridge priority, port cost, and port-VLAN cost values on the switch.
To disable UplinkFast on the switch, perform this task in privileged mode:
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
Step 1 (Optional) Disable UplinkFast processing on the switch and restore the default bridge priority, port cost, and port-VLAN cost values. | clear spantree uplinkfast |
Step 2 (Optional) Disable UplinkFast processing on the switch without affecting the bridge priority, port cost, and port-VLAN cost values. | set spantree uplinkfast disable |
Step 3 Verify that UplinkFast is enabled. | show spantree uplinkfast |
This example shows how to disable UplinkFast on the switch and restore the default bridge priority, port cost, and port-VLAN cost values:
Console> (enable) clear spantree uplinkfast This command will cause all portcosts, portvlancosts, and the bridge priority on all vlans to be set to default. Do you want to continue (y/n) [n]? y VLANs 1-1005 bridge priority set to 32768. The port cost of all bridge ports set to default value. The portvlancost of all bridge ports set to default value. uplinkfast all-protocols field set to off. uplinkfast disabled for bridge. Console> (enable) show spantree uplinkfast uplinkfast disabled for bridge. Console> (enable)
BackboneFast provides fast convergence in the network backbone after a spanning-tree topology change occurs. A switch detects an indirect link failure (the failure of a link to which the switch is not directly connected) when the switch receives inferior BPDUs from its designated bridge on its root port or blocked ports. Such inferior BPDUs indicate that the designated bridge has lost its connection to the root bridge. An inferior BPDU identifies a single switch as both the root bridge and the designated bridge. Under normal spanning-tree rules, the switch ignores inferior BPDUs for the configured maximum aging time (specified by the set spantree maxage command).
The switch tries to determine if it has an alternate path to the root bridge. If the inferior BPDU arrives on a blocked port, the root port and other blocked ports on the switch become alternate paths to the root bridge. If the inferior BPDU arrives on the root port, all blocked ports become alternate paths to the root bridge. If the inferior BPDU arrives on the root port and there are no blocked ports, the switch assumes that it has lost connectivity to the root bridge, causes the maximum aging time on the root to expire, and becomes the root switch according to normal spanning-tree rules.
If the switch has alternate paths to the root bridge, it transmits Root Link Query PDUs out all alternate paths to the root bridge. If the switch determines that it still has an alternate path to the root, it causes the maximum aging time on the ports on which it received the inferior BPDU to expire. If all the alternate paths to the root bridge indicate that the switch has lost connectivity to the root bridge, the switch causes the maximum aging times on the ports on which it received an inferior BPDU to expire. If one or more alternate paths can still connect to the root bridge, the switch makes all ports on which it received an inferior BPDU its designated ports and moves them out of the blocking state (if they were in blocking state), through the listening and learning states, and into the forwarding state.
Figure 9-3 shows an example BackboneFast network topology. Switch A, the root switch, connects directly to Switch B over link L1 and to Switch C over link L2. The port on Switch C that connects directly to Switch B over link L3 is in the blocking state.
If link L1 fails, Switch C detects this failure as an indirect failure, since it is not connected directly to link L1. Switch B no longer has a path to the root switch. BackboneFast allows the blocked port on Switch C to move immediately to the listening state without waiting for the maximum aging time for the port to expire. BackboneFast then transitions the port on Switch C to the forwarding state, providing a path from Switch B to Switch A. This switchover takes approximately 30 seconds. Figure 9-4 shows how BackboneFast reconfigures the topology to account for the failure of link L1.
If a new switch is introduced into a shared-medium topology, BackboneFast is not activated. Figure 9-5 shows a shared-medium topology in which a new switch is added. The new switch begins sending inferior BPDUs that say it is the root switch. However, the other switches ignore these inferior BPDUs and the new switch learns that Switch B is the designated bridge to Switch A, the root switch.
These sections describe how to configure BackboneFast:
To enable BackboneFast on the switch, perform this task in privileged mode:
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
Step 1 Enable BackboneFast on the switch. | set spantree backbonefast enable |
Step 2 Verify that BackboneFast is enabled. | show spantree backbonefast |
This example shows how to enable BackboneFast on the switch and how to verify the configuration:
Console> (enable) set spantree backbonefast enable Backbonefast enabled for all VLANs Console> (enable) show spantree backbonefast Backbonefast is enabled. Console> (enable)
To display BackboneFast statistics, perform this task in privileged mode:
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
Display BackboneFast statistics. | show spantree summary |
This example shows how to display BackboneFast statistics:
Console> (enable) show spantree summary
Summary of connected spanning tree ports by vlan
Uplinkfast disabled for bridge.
Backbonefast enabled for bridge.
Vlan Blocking Listening Learning Forwarding STP Active
----- -------- --------- -------- ---------- ----------
1 0 0 0 1 1
Blocking Listening Learning Forwarding STP Active
----- -------- --------- -------- ---------- ----------
Total 0 0 0 1 1
BackboneFast statistics
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Number of inferior BPDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ req PDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ res PDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ req PDUs transmitted (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ res PDUs transmitted (all VLANs) : 0
Console> (enable)
To disable BackboneFast on the switch, perform this task in privileged mode:
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
Step 1 Disable BackboneFast on the switch. | set spantree backbonefast disable |
Step 2 Verify that BackboneFast is disabled. | show spantree backbonefast |
This example shows how to disable BackboneFast on the switch and how to verify the configuration:
Console> (enable) set spantree backbonefast disable Backbonefast enabled for all VLANs Console> (enable) show spantree backbonefast Backbonefast is disable. Console> (enable)
Posted: Fri Oct 1 13:12:36 PDT 1999
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