Setting Ethernet Parameters for All Port Types Configuring Ethernet Ports
page 37-10 OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Network Configuration Guide March 2008
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to administratively disable port 3 on slot 2 and document the port as
Gigabit Ethernet, enter:
-> interfaces gigaethernet 2/3 admin down
Configuring Flood Rate Limiting
The following subsections describe how to apply a peak flood rate value to limit flooded traffic (see
“Flood Only Rate Limiting” on page 37-10), limit multicast traffic (see “Multicast Flood Rate Limiting”
on page 37-11), and configure the flood rate value for an entire switch (slot), a specific port, or a range of
ports (see “Configuring the Peak Flood Rate Value” on page 37-11).
Flood Only Rate Limiting
The peak flood rate value is always applied to flooded traffic. However, it is also possible to apply this
value to limit the rate of multicast traffic on any given port (see “Multicast Flood Rate Limiting” on
page 37-11). The interfaces flood rate command automatically disables any multicast flood rate limiting
on a port so that the peak flood rate is only applied to flooded traffic.
Note. Note that the interfaces flood command is only available on OmniSwitch 6800 and 6850 switches.
In addition, the interfaces flood multicast command can also disable multicast flood rate limiting and is
available on the OmniSwitch 6800, 6850, and 9000 switches.
To specify flood only rate limiting for a single port, enter interfaces followed by the slot number, a
slash (/), the port number, and flood. For example, the following command applies flood only rate limit-
ing to port 2/3:
-> interfaces 2/3 flood
To specify flood only rate limiting for a range of ports, enter interfaces followed by the slot number, a
slash (/), the first port number, a hyphen (-), the last port number, and flood. For example, the following
command applies flood only rate limiting to ports 3 through 4 on slot 2:
-> interfaces 2/3-4 flood
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to apply flood only rate limiting to port 8/24 and document the port
as Gigabit Ethernet, enter:
-> interfaces gigaethernet 8/24 flood
To configure the peak rate value used for flood only rate limiting, see “Configuring the Peak Flood Rate
Value” on page 37-11 for more information.
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