- CABLETRON Systems, Inc, SmartSwitch User's Guide 2E42-27, 2E42-27R, 2E43-27, 2E43-27R

Broadcast Suppression Screen

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6. Use the SPACE bar to select either the ADD or DEL (delete) and press

ENTER. This adds or deletes the port selections made in steps 2 and 4

and also updates the screen Source Port and Destination Port list.

7. Use the arrow keys to highlight SAVE at the bottom of the screen.

Press ENTER. The message “SAVED OK” is displayed. This saves

the new settings and updates the Source Port and Destination Port

read-only fields.

5.18 BROADCAST SUPPRESSION SCREEN

The Broadcast Suppression screen, Figure 5-25, allows the user to set a

desired limit of receive broadcast frames that are switched out to the other

ports.

NOTE

To redirect more than one port, repeat steps 1 through 6 for

each additional setting, then go to step 7 to save all the new

settings at once.

NOTE

The Broadcast Suppression screen may not be available if the

operational mode of the device is set to SECURE FAST VLAN

or 802.1Q SWITCHING. Refer to the Release Notes to see

which operational modes support the Broadcast Suppression

screen. Section 5.7.9, Setting the Operational Mode,

describes how to conﬁgure the device to operate in this mode.

Broadcast frames received above the threshold setting are

dropped.