Automatically Binding Ports
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To automatically bind ports to an STPD (Spanning Tree Domain) when the ports are added to a VLAN, use the command:
enable stpd
stpd_name
auto-bind
vlan
vlan_name
The autobind feature is disabled on user-created
STPDs. The autobind feature is enabled on the default VLAN that participates in the
default STPD
S0.
For EMISTP or PVST+, when you issue this command,
any port or list of ports that you add to the carrier VLAN are automatically added to the
STPD with autobind enabled. In addition, any port or list of ports that you remove from a
carrier VLAN are automatically removed from the STPD. This feature allows the STPD to
increase or decrease its span as ports are added to or removed from a carrier VLAN.

Note
The carrier VLAN's ID must be identical to the ID
of the STP domain.
Enabling autobind on a protected VLAN does not expand the boundary
of the STPD.
If the same set of ports are members of the protected VLAN and the
carrier VLAN, protected VLANs are aware of STP state changes. For example, assume you
have the following scenario:
- Carrier VLAN named v1
- v1 contains ports 3:1-3:2
- Protected VLAN named v2
- v2 contains ports 3:1-3:4
Since v1 contains ports 3:1-3:2, v2 is aware only of the STP changes
for ports 3:1 and 3:2, respectively. Ports 3:3 and 3:4 are not part of the STPD, which
is why v2 is not aware of any STP changes for those ports.
In addition, enabling autobind on a protected VLAN causes ports to
be automatically added or removed as the carrier VLAN changes.
For MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol), when you issue this command, any
port or list of ports that gets automatically added to an MSTI (Multiple Spanning Tree Instances) are automatically
inherited by the CIST. In addition, any port or list of ports that you remove from an
MSTI protected VLAN are automatically removed from the CIST. For more information, see
Automatically Inheriting Ports--MSTP Only.
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To remove ports, enter the command:
configure
stpd stpd_name delete vlan vlan_name ports [all | port_list]
If you manually delete a port from
the STPD on a VLAN that has been added by autobind, ExtremeXOS records the deletion so
that the port does not get automatically added to the STPD after a system
restart.