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page 1-20 OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide April 2006
Configuring Flood Rates
The following subsections describe how to enable the maximum flood rate (see “Enabling the Maximum
Flood Rate” on page 1-20), enable the maximum flood rate for multicast traffic (see “Enabling Maximum
Flood Rate for Multicast Traffic” on page 1-20), and how to configure the flood rate on an entire switch
(slot), a specific port, or a range of ports (see “Configuring Flood Rate Values” on page 1-21).
Enabling the Maximum Flood Rate
The interfaces flood command can be used to enable the maximum flood rate for a switch (slot). Note that
only one slot can be configured at a time. You cannot configure specific ports or ranges of ports.
Note. To enable flood multicasting on an interface, see “Enabling Maximum Flood Rate for Multicast
Traffic” on page 1-20.
To enable the maximum flood rate on a slot enter interfaces followed by the slot number and flood. For
example, to enable the maximum flood rate on slot 2 enter:
-> interfaces 2 flood
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to enable the maximum flood rate on slot 2 enter and document the
slot as Gigabit Ethernet enter:
-> interfaces gigaethernet 2 flood
Enabling Maximum Flood Rate for Multicast Traffic
The interfaces flood multicast command can be used to enable the maximum flood rate for multicast traf-
fic for a switch (slot). Note that only one slot can be configured per command. You cannot configure
specific ports or ranges of ports.
Note. To enable maximum flood rate on an interface and to disable any flood multicast configuration use
the interface flood command, which is described on “Enabling the Maximum Flood Rate” on page 1-20.
To enable the maximum flood rate for multicast traffic on a slot enter interfaces followed by the slot
number and flood multicast. For example, to enable the maximum flood rate for multicast traffic on slot 2
enter:
-> interfaces 2 flood multicast
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to enable the maximum flood rate for multicast traffic on slot 2 enter
and document the slot as Gigabit Ethernet enter:
-> interfaces gigaethernet 2 flood multicast
Note. Enabling the maximum multicast flood rate with the interfaces flood multicast command will limit
IP Multicast Switching (IPMS) and non-IPMS multicast traffic.