Cabletron Systems 2E43-27R, 2E42-27R manual Broadcast Suppression Screen

Broadcast Suppression Screen

6.Use the SPACE bar to select either the ADD or DEL (delete) and press ENTER. This adds or deletes the port selections made in steps 2 and 4 and also updates the screen Source Port and Destination Port list.

NOTE

To redirect more than one port, repeat steps 1 through 6 for each additional setting, then go to step 7 to save all the new settings at once.

7.Use the arrow keys to highlight SAVE at the bottom of the screen. Press ENTER. The message “SAVED OK” is displayed. This saves the new settings and updates the Source Port and Destination Port read-only fields.

5.18BROADCAST SUPPRESSION SCREEN

The Broadcast Suppression screen, Figure 5-25, allows the user to set a desired limit of receive broadcast frames that are switched out to the other ports.

NOTE

The Broadcast Suppression screen may not be available if the operational mode of the device is set to SECURE FAST VLAN or 802.1Q SWITCHING. Refer to the Release Notes to see which operational modes support the Broadcast Suppression screen. Section 5.7.9, Setting the Operational Mode, describes how to configure the device to operate in this mode.

Broadcast frames received above the threshold setting are dropped.

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