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pgordon's avatar
pgordon
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12 months ago

Spanning tree/loop detection alerts

I’m looking to see if anyone has a way they are detecting network loops or generally using spanning tree information to alert that a loop has been detected. It would seem like something that would be...
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mnagel
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12 months ago

If you are not able to get the network configured properly for loop prevention, the best you can probably do is monitor for heavier than normal nonunicast traffic via dynamic thresholds.