Setting the Multicast Limit

11-7

Figure 11-2 shows the order in which the discard decisions are made.

Transmit Bridge Port Statistics

txBlockedDiscs

txMtuExcDiscs

txMcastFilters txAllFilters

txFrames

Frames forwarded to this bridge port

Frames discarded because transmit port blocked

Frames discarded because frame too large

Frames discarded because of user-defined packet filter

=Frames transmitted by this bridge port

processing of frames

to Physical Interface

 

Figure 11-2 How Frame Processing Affects Transmit Bridge Port Statistics

 

 

Setting the

You can assign a multicast packet firewall threshold to a bridge port on the

Multicast Limit

Switch 2200 to limit the forwarding rate of multicast traffic originating on

 

the Ethernet segment connected to the port. For more information about

 

the multicast packet firewall, see Chapter 7: Bridging Extensions in the

 

SuperStack™ II Switch 2200 Operation Guide.

Default value The default is zero (0), which means that no threshold is set.

To set the multicast limit:

Top-Level Menu

 

system

 

 

 

 

 

summary

 

 

 

 

 

ethernet display

 

 

fddi

 

 

 

 

detail

ipFragmentation

bridge

ipxSnapTranslationmulticastLimit

addressThresholdstpState

ip

agingTime

stpCost

snmp

stpState

stpPriority

analyzer

script

stpPriority

address

stpMaxAge

 

logout

 

stpHelloTime

 

 

 

 

stpForwardDelay

 

 

stpGroupAddress

port packetFilter

1From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:

bridge port multicastLimit

You are prompted for port type.

2Enter Ethernet, FDDI, or all.

You are prompted for port number(s).

3Enter the number(s) of the port(s) or all to set the threshold for all ports on the bridge.

You are prompted for a new value for each port you specified.

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3Com 2200 manual Multicast Limit, You are prompted for port type, Multicast packet firewall, see Bridging Extensions