Cabletron Systems 2208 manual Broadcast Suppression Screen

Chapter 5: Local Management

5.16BROADCAST SUPPRESSION SCREEN

The Broadcast Suppression screen, Figure 5-23, allows you to set a desired limit of receive broadcast frames that are switched out to the other interfaces.

NOTES

The Broadcast Suppression screen will not be available if the operational mode of the device has been set to SECURE FAST VLAN. This screen may only be used by devices configured to operate as traditional or 802.1Q switches.

Broadcast frames received above the threshold setting are dropped.

To access the Broadcast Suppression screen from the Device Specific Configuration menu screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the BROADCAST SUPPRESSION menu item and press ENTER. The Broadcast Suppression screen displays.

Event Message Line

		2H22-08R LOCAL MANAGEMENT
			Broadcast Suppression
Device Type: 2H22-08R				Firmware Revision: XX.XX.XX
				BOOTPROM Revision: XX.XX.XX
PORT #	Total RX	Peak Rate	Time Since Peak	Threshold	Reset Peak
1	12345678910	150000	999:23:59	150000	[NO]
2	12345678910	150000	999:23:59	150000	[NO]
3	12345678910	150000	999:23:59	150000	[NO]
4	12345678910	150000	999:23:59	150000	[NO]
5	12345678910	150000	999:23:59	150000	[NO]
6	12345678910	150000	999:23:59	150000	[NO]
7	12345678910	150000	999:23:59	150000	[NO]
8	12345678910	150000	999:23:59	150000	[NO]
	SAVE			EXIT
						RETURN

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Figure 5-23 Broadcast Suppression Screen

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