Cabletron Systems 2M46-04R - Manual (Page 104)

Chapter 5: Local Management
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5.17 BROADCAST SUPPRESSION SCREEN
The Broadcast Suppression screen, Figure 5-22 , allows the user to set a
desired limit of receive broadcast frames that are switched out to the other
interfaces. This feature limits the amount of broadcast packets to the
threshold setting (1 second) and drops all other broadcast packets until the
1 second threshold elapses. This screen also provides statistics about the
broadcast activity on ports 1 through 4.
To access the Broadcast Suppression screen from the Device Specific
Configuration Menu screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the
BROADCAST SUPPRESSION menu item and press ENTER. The
Broadcast Suppression screen displays.
Figure 5-22 Broadcast Suppression Screen
NOTE
The Broadcast Suppression screen will display only if the
operational mode of the device has been set to 802.1D
SWITCHING or 802.1Q SWITCHING. Refer to
Section 5.7.9 ,
Setting the Operational Mode for instructions on configuring
the device to operate in this mode.
Firmware Revision: XX.XX.XX
Broadcast Suppression
2314-56
Device Type: 2M46-04R
BOOTPROM Revision: XX.XX.XX
Port #
1
2
3
4
Time Since Peak
999:23:59
999:23:59
999:23:59
999:23:59
Peak Rate
150000
150000
150000
150000
Threshold
150000
150000
150000
150000
2M46-04R LOCAL MANAGEMENT
Event Message Line
Total RX
12345678910
12345678910
12345678910
12345678910
Reset Peak
[NO]
[NO]
[NO]
[NO]
RETURN
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