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Configuring Optional STP Features
This chapter describes the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) features supported on the Catalyst 4500 series
switch. It also provides guidelines, procedures, and configuration examples.
This chapter includes the following major sections:
About Root Guard, page 21-2
Enabling Root Guard, page 21-2
About Loop Guard, page 21-3
Enabling Loop Guard, page 21-5
About EtherChannel Guard, page 21-6
Enabling EtherChannel Guard (Optional), page 21-6
About PortFast, page 21-7
Enabling PortFast, page 21-7
About BPDU Guard, page 21-8
Enabling BackboneFast, page 21-16
About PortFast BPDU Filtering, page 21-9
Enabling BackboneFast, page 21-16
About UplinkFast, page 21-11
Enabling UplinkFast, page 21-12
About BackboneFast, page 21-14
Enabling BackboneFast, page 21-16
Note For information on configuring STP, see Chapter 18, “Configuring STP and MST.