Managing Faults on Virtual Services Platform 7200 Series and 8000 Series Version 5.1.2

Chapter 6: Link state change control using
ACLI
Detect and control link flapping to bring more stability to your network.
Controlling link state changes
Configure link flap detection to control state changes on a physical port.
Procedure
1. Enter Global Configuration mode:
enable
configure terminal
2. Configure the interval for link state changes:
link-flap-detect interval <2-600>
3. Configure the number of changes allowed during the interval:
link-flap-detect frequency <1-9999>
4. Enable automatic port disabling:
link-flap-detect auto-port-down
5. Enable sending a trap:
link-flap-detect send-trap
Example
1. Enable automatic disabling of the port:
Switch(config)# link-flap-detect auto-port-down
2. Configure the link-flap-detect interval:
Switch(config)# link-flap-detect interval 20
3. Enable sending traps:
Switch(config)# link-flap-detect send-trap
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