Reenable a Port on Dell PowerConnect switch after BPDU Guard disable

If you’ve enabled BPDUGuard on a your endpoint facing ports (which you should do) you’ve probably asked yourself what to do when those ports auto disable themselves after a switch is plugged into them. It’s pretty simple, first remove whatever caused the port to disable, such as a loop or another switch, and then enter the following command on your power connect:

# set interface active gigabitethernet 1/0/13

Assuming that port 13 is the port you want to reactivate.

3 thoughts on “Reenable a Port on Dell PowerConnect switch after BPDU Guard disable

  1. Hutch

    This does not work

    Correct solution is:
    console(config)#interface ethernet 2/g4
    console(config-if-2/g4)#shutdown
    console(config-if-2/g4)#no shutdown

    Assuming you are re-enabling port 4 on switch 2

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  2. Vini

    The command “# set interface active gigabitethernet 1/0/13” work very well for me on Dell 5548P model.

    Thanks a lot!

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