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Release M.10.21 Enhancements
Release M.10.21 Enhancements
Software fixes only, no new enhancements.
Release M.10.22 Enhancements
Release M.10.22 includes the following enhancement:
■ Enhancement (PR_1000376406) — Loop Protection feature additions, including packet
authentication, loop detected trap, and receiver port configuration.
Configuring Loop Protection
You can use BPDU protection for systems that have spanning tree enabled (See “Spanning Tree BPDU
Protection” on page 91), however, the BPDU protection feature cannot detect the formation of loops
when an unmanaged device on the network drops spanning tree packets. To protect against the
formation of loops in these cases, you can enable the Loop Protection feature, which provides
protection by transmitting loop protocol packets out ports on which loop protection has been
enabled. When the switch sends out a loop protocol packet and then receives the same packet on a
port that has send-disable configured, it shuts down the port from which the packet was sent.
You can configure the disable-timer parameter for the amount of time you want the port to remain
disabled (0 to 604800 seconds). If you configure a value of zero, the port will not be re-enabled.
To enable loop protection, enter this command:
ProCurve(config)# loop-protect <port-list>
Syntax: [no] loop-protect <port-list> [receiver-action <send-disable | no-disable> |]
[transmit-interval <1-10> ] | [disable-timer <0-604800>] |
[trap <loop-detected>]
Allows you to configure per-port loop protection on the switch.
[receiver-action <send-disable | no-disable>]
Sets the action to be taken when a loop is detected on the port. The port that received
the loop protection packet determines what action is taken. If send-disable is
configured, the port that transmitted the packet is disabled. If no-disable is
configured, the port is not disabled.
Default: send-disable