Reference Guide

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Loop Protection Commands
This section describes the commands used to configure loop protection. Loop protection detects
physical and logical loops between Ethernet ports on a device. Loop protection must be enabled
globally before it can be enabled at the interface level.
keepalive (Global Config)
This command enables loop protection for the system.
Default Disabled
Format keepalive
Mode Global Config
no keepalive
This command disables loop protection for the system. This command also sets the transmit interval
and retry count to the default value.
Format no keepalive
Mode Global Config
keepalive (Interface Config)
This command enables keepalive on a particular interface.
Default
None
Format keepalive
Mode Interface Config
no keepalive
This command disables keepalive on a particular interface.
Format
no keepalive
Mode Interface Config
keepalive action
This command configures the action to be taken on a port when a loop is detected.
Switching Commands
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