Root Protect for a Spanning-Tree Instance Interface
When root protect is enabled on an interface, it is enabled for all spanning-tree protocol instances on that interface. The interface is blocked only for those instances that receive superior BPDUs.
By default, root protect is disabled.
To enable root protect, include the following statement:
You can include this statement at the following hierarchy levels:
- [edit protocols rstp interface interface-name]
- [edit protocols mstp interface interface-name]
- [edit protocols vstp interface interface-name]
- [edit protocols vstpvlan vlan-id interface interface-name]
- [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols rstp interface interface-name]
- [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols mstp interface interface-name]
- [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols vstp interface interface-name]
- [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols vstp vlan vlan-id interfaceinterface-name]

