Configuring Hostprotect
3-54 Basic Configuration
• show config
• show spantree stats active
Note that if the output of “show spantree stats active” includes an asterisk (*) following the
word “Discarding,” that indicates that the port is in discarding state because of Loop Protect.
Example
There is no display example because the output of this command is quite lengthy.
Configuring Hostprotect
Purpose
This feature enables rate limiting of host bound traffic on Enterasys C3 switches, to assist in the
prevention of Denial of Service issues. When enabled, the hostprotect functionality applies a 64
kbps meter to control plane traffic, such as BPDUs or LACP packets, destined for the host
processor.
Commands
show system hostprotect
Use this command to display the status of the hostprotect feature.
Syntax
show system hostprotect
Parameters
None.
Defaults
Hostprotect is disabled by default.
Mode
Switch command, read-only.
Example
This example shows the output of this command.
C3(rw)->show system hostprotect
hostprotect Enable
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show system hostprotect 3-54
set system hostprotect 3-55
clear system hostprotect 3-55
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