42 
3.  Verify that the port is not blocked: 
{  Execute the display stp brief command to verify that STP does not set the state of the 
port to discarding. When the port is in discarding state, it cannot forward traffic. As a best 
practice, disable STP on the port, or configure the port as an edge port if the port is 
connected to a terminal device. 
{  If the port belongs to an aggregation group, execute the display link-aggregation 
verbose command to identify the port status. When the port is an Unselected port, it 
cannot forward traffic. Locate the reasons why the port is in Unselected state. For example, 
the attribute configurations of the port are different from the configurations of the reference 
port. 
{  Identify whether the port is blocked by smart link. Use the display smart-link group 
command to view the port status. If the state of the port is STANDBY or DOWN, the port 
cannot forward traffic. 
−  If the state of the port is DOWN, locate the reason for the port to be down. The possible 
reasons include: its uplink device is configured with monitor link, the link of the port fails, 
or the port is shut down. Further troubleshoot the issue based on the reason for the port 
to be down. 
−  If the state of the port is STANDBY, perform an active/standby switchover in the smart 
link group. 
4.  Examine the following configurations that might cause packet loss: 
{  VLAN configuration—Execute the display this command in Ethernet interface view to 
verify that the port is in the VLAN of the packets. If it is not, add the port to the VLAN. 
{  Blackhole MAC address entries—Execute the display mac-address blackhole 
command to display blackhole MAC address entries. If the packets are discarded because 
they match a blackhole MAC address entry, delete the entry. To delete the blackhole MAC 
address entry, execute the undo mac-address blackhole mac-address vlan 
vlan-id command. 
{  Rate limit—Execute the display qos lr interface command to display the rate limit 
configuration on the port. If rate limit is configured on the port, make sure the committed 
information rate (CIR) and the committed burst size (CBS) are appropriate. To adjust the 
CIR and CBS values, execute the qos lr 
{ inbound | outbound } cir 
committed-information-rate 
[ cbs committed-burst-size ] command. 
{  Storm suppression—Execute the display this command in Ethernet interface view to 
display the configuration of storm suppression. Storm suppression includes broadcast 
suppression, multicast suppression, and unknown unicast suppression. To adjust the 
suppression thresholds, execute the broadcast-suppression, 
multicast-suppression, and unicast-suppression commands, respectively. 
5.  Verify that no congestion occurs by using the display qos queue-statistics 
interface command. 
If congestion occurs, locate and resolve the issue by referencing related congestion 
management documents. 
6.  If the issue persists, contact H3C Support. 
Related commands 
This section lists the commands that you might use for troubleshooting Layer 2 packet loss failure. 
 
Command   Description 
display interface 
Displays Ethernet interface information. 
display dot1x 
Displays information about 802.1X.