Nortel Networks 2500 Series manual Enabling rate-limiting, Default flowcontrol command

242Ethernet port management using the CLI

Table 101

no flowcontrol command parameters and variables

Parameters and	Description
variables
port <portlist>	Specifies the port numbers to disable flow control.

ATTENTION

If you omit this parameter, the system uses the port number you specified in the interface command.

default flowcontrol command

The default flowcontrol command is used only on Gigabit Ethernet ports and sets the flow control to auto, which automatically detects the flow control. The syntax for the default flowcontrol command is:

default flowcontrol [port <portlist>]

The default flowcontrol command is executed in the Interface

Configuration command mode.

Table 102 "default flowconrtol command parameters and variables" (page

242)describes the parameters and variables for the default flowcontrol command.

Table 102

default flowconrtol command parameters and variables

Parameters and	Description
variables
port <portlist>	Specifies the port numbers to default to auto flow
	control.

ATTENTION

If you omit this parameter, the system uses the port number you specified in the interface command.

Enabling rate-limiting

You can limit the percentage of multicast traffic, or broadcast traffic, or both using the CLI.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007

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