Utility Commands
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M4100 Series ProSAFE Managed Switches
debug spanning-tree bpdu transmit
This command enables tracing of spanning tree BPDUs transmitted by the switch. Spanning
tree should be enabled on the device and on the interface in order to monitor packets on a
particular interface.
Command example:
(NETGEAR Switch) #debug spanning-tree bpdu transmit
<15> JAN 01 01:02:04 192.168.17.29-1 DOT1S[191096896]: dot1s_debug.c(1249) 101 % Pkt TX
- Intf: 0/7(7), Source_Mac: 00:11:88:4e:c2:00 Version: 3, Root_Mac: 00:11:88:4e:c2:00,
Root_Priority: 0x8000 Path_Cost: 0
The parameters that are shown in the following table are displayed in the trace message.
no debug spanning-tree bpdu transmit
This command disables tracing of transmitted spanning tree BPDUs.
Default disabled
Format debug spanning-tree bpdu transmit
Mode Privileged EXEC
Parameter Definition
TX A packet transmitted by the device.
Intf The interface that the packet went out on. Format used is slot/port (internal interface
number). Unit is always shown as 1 for interfaces on a non-stacking device.
Source_Mac Source MAC address of the packet.
Version Spanning tree protocol version (0-3). 0 refers to STP, 2 RSTP and 3 MSTP.
Root_Mac MAC address of the CIST root bridge.
Root_Priority Priority of the CIST root bridge. The value is from 0 through 61,440. It is displayed in hex
in multiples of 4096.
Path_Cost External root path cost component of the BPDU.
Format no debug spanning-tree bpdu transmit
Mode Privileged EXEC