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Status Pages
Loop Protection
Loop Protection
The Loop Protection status page displays the whether Loop Protection is enabled or disabled on each 
port, the action to be taken, and how the feature is configured to operate on each port.
Figure 2-7. Loop Protection Page 
Table 2-5. Loop Protection Fields 
Field Description
Interface List of ports on the switch.
Configured Action 
Taken
The action that is set to occur when a loop is detected on the port with Loop Protection enabled:
• Shutdown port—The port will be shut down for the configured period.
• Log—The event will be logged and the port remains operational.
• Shutdown and log—The event will be logged and the port it shut down for the configured 
period.
Protection Feature 
Mode
Shows whether loop protection is enabled or disabled on the port.
Tx Mode Shows whether the port is configured to forward packets to the multicast destination 
MAC address designated for the Loop Protection feature.
Received Total The number of packets received on the interface for which the packet’s source MAC 
address matches the destination multicast MAC address designated for the Loop 
Protection feature.
Transmitted Total The number of packets forwarded on the interface to the multicast destination MAC 
address designated for the Loop Protection feature.
Loop Count The number of loops detected on this interface since the last system boot or since 
statistics were cleared.
Loop Detected Shows whether a loop has been detected on the port within the configured Shutdown 
Time.