Cabletron Systems 6H122-16 manual Broadcast Suppression Screen

Chapter 5: Local Management

7.Use the arrow keys to highlight the Status field.

8.Use the SPACE bar to select either the ADD or DEL (delete) option. 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

If more than one port is to be redirected, repeat steps 1 through 8 for each additional setting, then go to step 9 to save all the new settings at once.

9.Use the arrow keys to highlight SAVE at the bottom of the screen. Press ENTER. The message “SAVED OK” is displayed.

5.24BROADCAST SUPPRESSION SCREEN

The Broadcast Suppression screen, Figure 5-33, 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 module has been set to SECURE FAST VLAN. Refer to your Release Notes to see what operational modes support Broadcast Suppression. Refer to Section 5.15.9 for instructions on configuring the operational mode of the module.

Any broadcast frames received above the desired threshold will be dropped.

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

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