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Chapter 16 Configuring Optional STP Features
Enabling BackboneFast
This example shows how to verify that UplinkFast is enabled:
Router# show spanning-tree uplinkfast
UplinkFast is enabled
Router#
Enabling BackboneFast
Note BackboneFast operates correctly only when enabled on all network devices in the network.
BackboneFast is not supported on Token Ring VLANs. This feature is supported for use with third-party
network devices.
To enable BackboneFast, perform this task:
This example shows how to enable BackboneFast:
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# spanning-tree backbonefast
Router(config)# end
Router#
This example shows how to verify that BackboneFast is enabled:
Router# show spanning-tree backbonefast
BackboneFast is enabled
BackboneFast statistics
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Number of transition via backboneFast (all VLANs) : 0
Number of inferior BPDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ request PDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ response PDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ request PDUs sent (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ response PDUs sent (all VLANs) : 0
Router#
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router(config)# spanning-tree backbonefast Enables BackboneFast.
Router(config)# no spanning-tree backbonefast Disables BackboneFast.
Step 2 Router(config)# end Exits configuration mode.
Step 3 Router# show spanning-tree vlan vlan_ID Verifies that BackboneFast is enabled.