Port Status and Configuration

Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters

Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch

Broadcast-Limit on switches covered in this guide is configured on a per-port basis. You must be at the port context level for this command to work, for example:

ProCurve(config)#int B1

ProCurve(int B1)# broadcast-limit 1

Broadcast-Limit.

Syntax: broadcast-limit <0-99>

Syntax:

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Enables or disables broadcast limiting for outbound broadcasts on a selected port on the switch. The value selected is the percentage of traffic allowed, for example, broadcast-limit 5 allows 5% of the maximum amount of traffic for that port. A value of zero disables broadcast limiting for that port.

Note: You must switch to port context level before issuing the broadcast-limitcommand.

Note: This feature is not appropriate for networks requiring high levels of IPX or RIP broadcast traffic.

show config

Displays the startup-config file. The broadcast limit setting appears here if enabled and saved to the startup-config file.

show running-config

Displays the running-config file. The broadcast limit setting appears here if enabled. If the setting is not also saved to the startup-config file, rebooting the switch returns broadcast limit to the setting currently in the startup-config file.

For example, the following command enables broadcast limiting of 1 percent of the traffic rate on the selected port on the switch:

ProCurve(int B1)# broadcast-limit 1

For a one Gbps port this results in a broadcast traffic rate of ten Mbps.

Configuring ProCurve Auto-MDIX

Copper ports on the switch can automatically detect the type of cable config­ uration (MDI or MDI-X) on a connected device and adjust to operate appro­ priately.

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