V-269956

Discussion

If a rogue switch is introduced into the topology and transmits a Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) with a lower bridge priority than the existing root bridge, it will become the new root bridge and cause a topology change, rendering the network in a suboptimal state. The STP PortFast BPDU guard enhancement allows network designers to enforce the STP domain borders and keep the active topology predictable. The devices behind the ports that have STP PortFast enabled are not able to influence the STP topology. At the reception of BPDUs, the BPDU guard operation disables the port that has PortFast configured. The BPDU guard transitions the port into err disable state and sends a log message.

Check Content

Review the Dell OS10 Switch topology as well as the switch configuration to verify that BPDU Guard is enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports.

For each user-facing or untrusted access switch port, execute the following:

    OS10# show running-configuration interface ethernet <interface number>
    Verify Root Guard is enabled: spanning-tree bpduguard enable 

If the switch has not enabled BPDU Guard on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports, this is a finding.