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Configuring Control Plane Policing and Layer 2
Control Packet QoS
This chapter contains information on how to protect your Catalyst 4500 series switch using control plane
policing (CoPP). The information covered in this chapter is unique to the Catalyst 4500 series switches,
and it supplements the network security information and procedures in Chapter 47, “Configuring
Network Security with ACLs.” This information also supplements the network security information and
procedures in these publications:
• Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 12.4, at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/security/configuration/guide/12_4/sec_12_4_book.html
• Cisco IOS Security Command Reference, Cisco IOS Release 12.4, at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/security/command/reference/sec_book.html
This chapter includes the following major sections:
• Configuring Control Plane Policing, page 44-1
• Monitoring CoPP, page 44-9
• Configuring Layer 2 Control Packet QoS, page 44-11
• Policing IPv6 Control Traffic, page 44-17
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, see the Cisco
Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Command Reference and related publications at this location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/index.html
If the command is not found in the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Command Reference, you can locate it in the
larger Cisco IOS library. Refer to the Cisco IOS Command Reference and related publications at this
location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6350/index.html
Configuring Control Plane Policing
This section includes these topics:
• About Control Plane Policing, page 44-2