HP ProCurve 6600 13 Port Traffic Controls, Contents, Overview, How the Switch Lists Trunk Data, Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option

Forwarding Traffic with Distributed Trunking and

Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-32 Forwarding Unicast Traffic Upstream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-32

Forwarding Broadcast, Multicast, and

Unknown Traffic Upstream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-33 Forwarding Unicast Traffic Downstream (to the Server) . . . . 12-33

Forwarding Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown Traffic Downstream (to the Server) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-33

Distributed Trunking Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-35

Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-36

How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-37

Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . 12-37

13 Port Traffic Controls

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4 All Traffic Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-4 Configuring Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-5 Displaying the Current Rate-Limit Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 Operating Notes for Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-8 ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-10 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11 Guidelines for Configuring ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . .13-12 Configuring ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-13

Using Both ICMP Rate-Limiting and All-TrafficRate-Limiting

on the Same Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14 Displaying the Current ICMP Rate-Limit Configuration . . . . . . 13-14 Operating Notes for ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-15 ICMP Rate-Limiting Trap and Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . 13-17

Configuring Inbound Rate-Limiting for Broadcast

and Multicast Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19 Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21

Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth (GMB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22

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