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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release8.4
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands
set mls rate
set mls rate
To set the rate at which index-directed packets are sent to the MSFC, use the set mls rate command.
set mls rate kpps
Syntax Description
Defaults The kpps argument is 0.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines You disable MLS rate limiting when you set the kpps argument to 0. When you disable MLS rate
limiting, the switch bridges packets to the MSFC; packets are not index-directed.
Examples This example shows how to set MLS rate limiting to 100 kpps:
Console> (enable) set mls rate 100
MLS rate limiting set to 100 Kpps
Console> (enable)
This example shows how to disable MLS rate limiting:
Console> (enable) set mls rate 0
MLS rate limiting disabled
Console> (enable)
Related Commands show mls
kpps MLS rate in thousands of packets per second; valid values are from 0 to 700. See the
“Usage Guidelines” section for more information.