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ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 supports only the Summit X450 family of switches and the BlackDiamond 8800 series switch.
Disabling unicast or all egress flooding to a port also stops packets with unknown MAC addresses to
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be flooded to that port.
Disabling broadcast or all egress flooding to a port also stops broadcast packets to be flooded to that
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port.
BlackDiamond 8800 series switch and Summit X450 family of switches only. You can disable egress
flooding for unicast, multicast, or broadcast MAC addresses, as well as for all packets on the ports of
the BlackDiamond 8800 series switch or the Summit X450 family of switches. The default behavior for
the BlackDiamond 8800 series switch and the Summit X450 family of switches is enabled egress
flooding for all packet types.
BlackDiamond 10808 and 12804 switch only. You must disable egress flooding on all packets on the
specified port or ports. You cannot specify broadcast, unicast, or multicast packets; the egress flooding
command applies to all packets. The default behavior for the BlackDiamond 10808 and 12804 switch is
enabled egress flooding.
NOTE
When you disable egress flooding on the BlackDiamond 10808 and 12804 switch, you also turn off broadcasting.
Example
The following command enables egress flooding on slot 1, ports 1 and 2 on a BlackDiamond 10808
switch:
enable flooding all_cast port 1:1-1:2
The following command enables unicast flooding on ports 13-17 on a Summit X450 series switch:
enable flooding unicast port 13-17
History
This command was first available in ExtremeWare XOS 11.2.
Platform Availability
This command is available on all platforms.
ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 Command Reference Guide
enable flooding port
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