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The Rate Limiting Configuration screen allows you to limit the forward ing ra te of
broadcast and multicast packets.
Figures 79 and 80 show sample rate limiting values for the two Rate Li m iting
Configuration screens.
Tabl e 35 Monitori ng modes
Field Description
Port-based:
Disabled Default value for this feature.
-> Port X Monitor all traffic received by Port X.
Port X -> Monitor all traffic transmitted by Port X.
<-> Port X Monitor all traffic received and transmitted by Port X.
-> Port X or Port Y -> Monitor all traffic received by Port X or transmitted by Port Y.
-> Port X and Port Y -> Monitor all traffic received by Port X (destined to Port Y) and then
transmitted by Port Y.
<-> Port X and Port Y <-> Monitor all traffic received/transmitted by Port X and received/
transmitted by Port Y.
Address-based:
Disabled Default value for this feature.
Address A -> any Address Monitor all traffic transmitted from Address A to any address.
any Address -> Address A Monitor all traffic received by Address A from any address.
<-> Address A Monitor all traffic received by or transmitted by Address A.
Address A -> Address B Monitor all traffic transmitted by Address A to Address B.
Address A <-> Address B Monitor all traffic between Address A and Address B (conversation
between the two stations).
Note: If a port is configured for rate limiting, and it is a MultiLink
Trunk member, all trunk member ports implement rate limiting. Also, if
a trunk member is implementing rate limiting and the port is disabled
from rate limiting, all trunk members are disa b led from rate limiting.