Chapter 14 Loop Guard
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14.3 Loop Guard
Use this screen to enable the loop guard feature and to configure the port
recovery time for when a port goes down. Click Advanced Settings > Loop
Guard to display the screen as shown.
Figure 46 Loop Guard
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 21 Loop Guard
LABEL DESCRIPTION
State Select this option to enable loop guard on the Switch.
The Switch generates syslog, internal log messages as well as SNMP traps
when it shuts down a port via the loop guard feature.
MAC Address Enter the destination MAC address the probe packets will be sent to. If
the port receives these same packets the port will be shut down.
Port Select a port on which to configure loop guard protection.
State Select Enable to use the loop guard feature on the Switch.
Loop
Recovery
Select Enable to reactivate the port automatically after the designated
recovery time has passed.
Recovery
Time
Specify the recovery time in minutes that the Switch will wait before
reactivating the port. This can be between 1 to 60 minutes.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch.
Refresh Click Refresh to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Port This field displays a port number.
State This field displays if the loop guard feature is enabled.
