Root guard

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Explains purpose, port-state behavior, automatic recovery, and interface configuration with representative output.

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Root Guard is a spanning-tree protection feature that prevents a port from accepting a superior BPDU and thereby prevents an external switch from becoming the root bridge.

Root Guard stabilizes spanning-tree topology by preventing an external switch from becoming the root bridge. A protected port that receives a superior BPDU enters the root-inconsistent state and stops forwarding. section 15.4.1

Service-provider protection

A service provider applies Root Guard toward a customer network. If the customer switch advertises a lower bridge ID, the protected port blocks it. Configure the interface with spanning-tree guard root; show spanning-tree reports BKN and ROOT_Inc. section 15.4.1

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Related concepts

loop guardcontrasts with · Loop Guard is a spanning-tree protection feature that places a port into a loop-inconsistent state when expected BPDUs stop arriving, preventing erroneous transition to forwarding.
root bridgeaddresses · A root bridge is the spanning-tree switch selected as the reference point for calculating paths in a Layer 2 topology.
spanning tree protocoluses · Spanning Tree Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol that prevents bridged-network loops by selecting a loop-free topology and blocking redundant paths.

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