Configure Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, and Multicast Bandwidth Limiting
Configure broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast bandwidth limiting to limit the amount of ingress traffic on a port. The switch drops traffic that violates the bandwidth limit.
About this task
Procedure
Example
View the bandwidth limiter configuration:Switch:1>#show interfaces gigabitethernet rate-limit all ========================================================== Port Rate(PPS) Limit ========================================================== PORT TYPE RATE ENABLED/DISABLED ---------------------------------------------------------- 1/1 MULTICAST 0 DISABLED 1/1 BROADCAST 30 ENABLED 1/1 UNKNOWN-UC 0 DISABLED 1/2 MULTICAST 0 DISABLED 1/2 BROADCAST 33 ENABLED 1/2 UNKNOWN-UC 0 DISABLED 1/3 MULTICAST 0 DISABLED 1/3 BROADCAST 60 ENABLED 1/3 UNKNOWN-UC 0 DISABLED
Variable Definitions
The following table defines parameters for the rate-limit command.
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Variable |
Value |
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<1-65535> |
Specifies the bandwidth limit for broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast traffic, in packets per second (pps). |
port {slot/port[/sub-port][-slot/port[/sub-port]][,...][slot/all][all]} |
Identifies the
slot and port in one of the following formats:
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