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Configuring Protected Ports
7-56 Port Configuration
Configuring Protected Ports
TheProtectedPortfeatureisusedtopreventportsfromforwardingtraffictoeachother,even
whentheyareonthesameVLAN.Portsmay bedesignatedaseitherprotectedorunprotected.
Portsareunprotectedbydefault.Multiplegroupsofprotectedportsaresupported.
Protected Port Operation
Portsthatareconfiguredtobeprotectedcannotforwardtraffictootherprotectedportsinthe
samegroup,regardlessofhavingthesameVLANmembership.However,protectedportscan
forwardtraffictoportswhichareunprotected(notlistedinanygroup).Protectedportscanalso
forwardtraffictoprotectedportsin
adifferentgroup,iftheyareinthe sameVLAN.Unprotected
portscanforward traffictobothprotectedandunprotectedports.Aportmaybelongtoonlyone
groupofprotectedports.
Thisfeatureonlyappliestoportswithinaswitchorastack.Itdoesnotapplyacrossmultiple
switchesinanetwork.
Commands
set port protected
Usethiscommandtospecifyaporttobeprotectedandassigntheporttoagroupofprotected
ports.Aportcanbeassignedtoonlyonegroup.
Syntax
set port protected port-string group-id
Parameters
Defaults
None.
Mode
Switchcommand,read‐write.
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set port protected 7-56
show port protected 7-57
clear port protected 7-57
set port protected name 7-58
show port protected name 7-58
clear port protected name 7-59
port‐string Specifiestheportorportstobeprotected.
group‐id Specifiestheidofthegrouptowhichtheportsshouldbeassigned.Idcan
rangefrom0to2.