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Super Micro Intelligent Switch Command Line Interface User Guide
34 Loop protection
Loop protection feature helps to detect and prevent network loops caused by unmanaged
network devices. This loop protection feature is independent of the spanning tree protocol. This
can be used when the switches are connected to unmanaged devices where spanning tree
cannot prevent network loops.
This feature detects networks loops by transmitting Ethernet control packets. User can configure
to disable the loop detected ports for specific period.
The list of CLI commands for the configuration of loop protection is as follows:
loop-protect
loop protect - interface
loop-protect disable-period
loop-protect receive-action
loop-protect transmit-interval
show loop-protect