No RLQ's with backbonefast?

Dilbert65

I have 2 2950's that are trunking on 2 ports. I configured backbonefast on both server. The root switch is the vtp server ad the other is setup as the client with the same domain names. Other than that the default settings.

Root Switch:
S2#show spanning-tree summ total
Switch is in pvst mode
Root bridge for: VLAN0001
EtherChannel misconfig guard is enabled
Extended system ID is enabled
Portfast Default is disabled
PortFast BPDU Guard Default is disabled
Portfast BPDU Filter Default is disabled
Loopguard Default is disabled
UplinkFast is disabled
BackboneFast is enabled
Pathcost method used is short
Name Blocking Listening Learning Forwarding STP Active

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1 vlan 0 0 0 2 2
BackboneFast statistics

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Number of transition via backboneFast (all VLANs) : 0
Number of inferior BPDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ request PDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ response PDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ request PDUs sent (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ response PDUs sent (all VLANs) : 0


Client switch:
S1#show spanning-tree summ totals
Switch is in pvst mode
Root bridge for: none
EtherChannel misconfig guard is enabled
Extended system ID is enabled
Portfast Default is disabled
PortFast BPDU Guard Default is disabled
Portfast BPDU Filter Default is disabled
Loopguard Default is disabled
UplinkFast is enabled
BackboneFast is enabled
Pathcost method used is short
Name Blocking Listening Learning Forwarding STP Active

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1 vlan 1 0 0 4 5
Station update rate set to 150 packets/sec.
UplinkFast statistics

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Number of transitions via uplinkFast (all VLANs) : 0
Number of proxy multicast addresses transmitted (all VLANs) : 0
BackboneFast statistics

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Number of transition via backboneFast (all VLANs) : 0
Number of inferior BPDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ request PDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ response PDUs received (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ request PDUs sent (all VLANs) : 0
Number of RLQ response PDUs sent (all VLANs) : 0




My question is shouldn't there be RLQ traffic?

Thanks for any input

fly351

Dilbert65 wrote: »

I have 2 2950's that are trunking on 2 ports. I configured backbonefast on both server. The root switch is the vtp server ad the other is setup as the client with the same domain names. Other than that the default settings.

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My question is shouldn't there be RLQ traffic?

Thanks for any input

Good question though. From my understanding, the RLQ Request is only sent out IF an inferior BPDU is received. Check out the doc below, the image at the "Reacting to Indirect Link Failures" section shows when it sends a RLQ.

Understanding and Configuring Backbone Fast on Catalyst Switches - Cisco Systems

burbankmarc

That is correct. Test out your backbone fast by creating an indirect link failure. You should see the RLQ counter go up.

Dilbert65

Thanks alot for the info