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What are the main purpse for using stp loop gaurd in switching?

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Question added by MOHD YASIR , Solution Architect Support , Tech Mahindra ltd
Date Posted: 2014/03/25
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When a switch stops receiving BPDU’s on a port, it could think that it’s safe to put that port into forwarding state. But in case of a UDLD error, there could a loop created. Loop guard adds an extra check before the port transitions to forwarding state.

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