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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 51, “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 48-1
• Monitoring CoPP, page 48-9
• Configuring Layer 2 Control Packet QoS, page 48-11
• Policing IPv6 Control Traffic, page 48-16
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, first look at
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 Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Command Reference, it will be found 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 48-2