Setting Ethernet Parameters for All Port Types Configuring Ethernet Ports
page 1-12 OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide September 2009
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 1-12), limit multicast traffic (see “Multicast Flood Rate Limiting” on
page 1-12), 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 1-13).
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 1-12). 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. The interfaces flood multicast command can also disable multicast flood rate limiting and is avail-
able on all the OmniSwitch Series 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
To configure the peak rate value used for flood only rate limiting, see “Configuring the Peak Flood Rate
Value” on page 1-13 for more information.
Multicast Flood Rate Limiting
The interfaces flood multicast command is used to enable or disable flood rate limiting for multicast traf-
fic on a single port, a range of ports, or all ports on a switch (slot). When multicast flood rate limiting is
enabled, the peak flood rate value for a port is applied to both multicast and flooded traffic.
By default, multicast flood rate limiting is disabled for a port. To apply the peak flood rate value to multi-
cast traffic on a slot, enter interfaces followed by the slot number and flood multicast. For example, to
enable the maximum flood rate for multicast traffic on slot 2, enter:
-> interfaces 2 flood multicast
To apply the peak flood rate value to multicast traffic on a single port, enter interfaces followed by the
slot number, a slash (/), the port number, and flood multicast. For example, to enable the maximum flood
rate for multicast traffic on port 3 on slot 2, enter:
-> interfaces 2/3 flood multicast
To apply the peak flood rate value to multicast traffic on 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 multicast. For
example, to enable the maximum flood rate for multicast traffic on ports 3 through 4 on slot 2, enter:
-> interfaces 2/3-4 flood multicast
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