With this command you can further identify the type of packets for which to block flooding.
disable flooding [all_cast | broadcast | multicast | unicast] ports [port_list | all]Disables Layer 2 egress flooding on one or more ports.
all_cast | Specifies disabling egress flooding for all packets on specified ports. |
broadcast | Specifies disabling egress flooding only for broadcast packets. |
multicast | Specifies disabling egress flooding only for multicast packets. |
unicast | Specifies disabling egress flooding only for unknown unicast packets. |
port_list | Specifies one or more ports or slots and ports. |
all | Specifies all ports on the switch. |
Enabled for all packet types.
Note
If an application requests specific packets on a specific port, those packets are not affected by the disable flooding ports command.This is particularly useful when you are working on an edge device in the network. The practice of limiting flooded egress packets to selected interfaces is also known as upstream forwarding.
Note
If you disable egress flooding with static MAC addresses, this can affect many protocols, such as IP and ARP.You can disable egress flooding for unicast, multicast, or broadcast MAC addresses, as well as for all packets on the ports of the switch. The default behavior is enabled egress flooding for all packet types.
The following example disables unicast flooding on ports 10-12::
# disable flooding unicast port 10-27
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 11.2.
This command is available on ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, and 5720 series switches.