Root Guard Window

This window appears when you choose Port > Root Guard on the menu bar. Use it to prevent STP from selecting a switch interface as the root port. This action prevents the switch from becoming the root switch or a path to the root.

Follow these steps:

  1. From the Host Name list, select the switch on which you will enable root guard.
    The switch interfaces are displayed in the Root Guard Disabled Interfaces list.
  2. In the Root Guard Disabled Interfaces list, select the interfaces on which you will enable root guard.
    To select all the interfaces in the list, click Select All.
  3. Click Add to move your selections move to the Root Guard Enabled Interfaces list.
    To remove switches from this list, select the switches and click Remove.
    To remove all switches from the Root Guard Enabled Interfaces list, click Select All and then Remove.
  4. Click OK to enable root guard on the selected interfaces and to close the window.