Configuring A Port Alias; Configuring Maximum Frame Sizes - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Manual

Configuring Ethernet Ports
Please note that the interfaces flood rate command sets the maximum ingress flood rate on OmniSwitch
6800 Series switches. In addition, the flood limit value is applied to unknown destination address, broad-
cast, and multicast traffic individually and separately (not applied for combined traffic, which is the case
for OmniSwitch 6600, 7700, 7800, 8800 switches). The accuracy/resolution is limited because the
OmniSwitch 6800 Series ASIC makes an internal assumption of packet size when it converts bits/seconds
to packets/seconds.
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to configure the peak flood rate on port 22 on slot 2 as 42 bytes and
document the port as Gigabit Ethernet enter:
-> interfaces gigaethernet 2/22 flood rate 42

Configuring a Port Alias

The interfaces alias
cannot configure an entire switch or a range of ports.) To use this command enter interfaces followed by
the slot number, a slash (/), the port number, alias, and the text description, which can be up to 40 charac-
ters long.
For example, to configure an alias of "ip_phone1" for port 3 on slot 2 enter:
-> interfaces 2/3 alias ip_phone1
Note. Spaces must be contained within quotes (e.g., "IP Phone 1").
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to configure an alias of "ip_phone1" for port 3 on slot 2 and docu-
ment the port as Fast Ethernet enter:
-> interfaces fastethernet 2/3 alias ip_phone1

Configuring Maximum Frame Sizes

The interfaces max frame
specific port, a range of ports, or all ports on a switch. Maximum values for this command range from
1518 bytes (Ethernet packets) for Ethernet or Fast Ethernet ports to 9216 bytes (Gigabit Ethernet packets)
for Gigabit Ethernet ports.
To configure the maximum frame size on an entire slot enter interfaces followed by the slot number, max
frame, and the frame size in bytes. For example, to set the maximum frame size on slot 2 to 9216 bytes
enter:
-> interfaces 2 max frame 9216
To configure the maximum frame size on a single port enter interfaces followed by the slot number, a
slash (/), the port number, max frame, and the frame size in bytes. For example, to set the maximum
frame size on port 3 on slot 2 to 9216 bytes enter:
-> interfaces 2/3 max frame 9216
OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Guide
command is used to configure an alias (i.e., description) for a single port. (You
command can be used to configure the maximum frame size (in bytes) on a
Setting Ethernet Parameters for All Port Types
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