Command Manual – STP 
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches  Chapter 1  
MSTP Configuration Commands
 
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This configuration takes effect on the CIST and all the MSTIs. The settings of a port 
whether to connect the point-to-point link will be applied to all the MSTIs where the port 
belongs. Note that a temporary loop may be redistributed if you configure a port not 
physically connected with the point-to-point link as connected to such a link by force.  
Related command: stp point-to-point. 
Example 
# Configure Ethernet2/1/3 to be connected to the point-to-point link. 
<Quidway>system-view 
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.  
[Quidway] stp interface Ethernet2/1/3 point-to-point force-true 
1.1.24  stp interface root-protection 
Syntax 
stp interface interface-list root-protection 
undo stp interface interface-list root-protection 
View 
System view 
Parameter 
interface-list: Ethernet port list, containing multiple Ethernet ports and expressed as 
interface-list = { interface-type interface-number [ to  interface-type 
interface-number ] }&<1-10>. For detail descriptions of interface-type  and 
interface-number parameters, refer to the corresponding descriptions in Port 
Command Manual. &<1-10> means that the preceding parameters can be entered up 
to 10 times.  
Description 
Use the stp interface root-protection command to enable Root protection on the 
switch in system view. 
Use the undo stp interface root-protection command to restore the default Root 
protection state.  
By default, Root protection is disabled.  
In case of configuration error or malicious attack, the legal primary root may receive the 
BPDU with a higher priority and then loose its place, which causes network topology 
change errors. Due to the illegal change, the traffic supposed to travel over the 
high-speed link may be pulled to the low-speed link and congestion will occur on the 
network.