Filters and QoS Configuration for ERS 5500
Technical Configuration Guide v2.0 NN48500-559
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9. BPDU Filtering
BPDU filtering is a feature that when enabled at a port level, will ei ther shutdown a port for a
specific time period or forever when it receives a Spanning Tree BP DU. For all user access ports,
it is recommended to enable Spanning Tree Fast Start in additi on to BPDU filtering. If you select
to shut down the port forever, manual intervention is required to bring t he port back up by
disabling and then re-enabling the port state.
BPDU filter is enabled at an interface level using the following c ommands:
5520-1(config-if)#spanning-tree bpdu-filtering timeout <10-65535 seconds
or 0 for infinity>
5520-1(config-if)#spanning-tree bpdu-filtering enable

9.1 BPDU Filtering Configuration

Assuming we wish to enable BPDU filtering with the timer set to infinity (set to 0) on access ports
1/1 to 1/10, enter the following commands:
5520-1(config)#interface fastEthernet 1/1-10
5520-1(config-if)#spanning-tree learning fast
5520-1(config-if)#spanning-tree bpdu-filtering timeout 0
5520-1(config-if)#spanning-tree bpdu-filtering enable
5520-1(config-if)#exit