VLAN Commands 513
Default Configuration
No protected switchports are defined.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
The following example configures Ethernet port 1/g1 as a member of protected group 1.
console(config)#interface ethernet 1/g1
console(config-if-1/g1)#switchport protected 1
switchport protected name
Use the switchport protected name command in Global Configuration mode to adds the port 
to the protected group 1 and also sets the group name to "protected".
Syntax
switchport protected 
groupid
 name 
name
no switchport protected 
groupid
 name
•
groupid
 — Identifies which group the port is to be protected in. (Range: 0-2)
•
name
 — Name of the group. (Range: 0-32 characters)
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
The following example assigns the name "protected" to group 1.
console(config-if-1/g1)#switchport protected 1 name protected