Enable Flooding Ports - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare Command Reference Manual

Commands for Configuring Slots and Ports on a Switch

enable flooding ports

enable flooding ports <portlist>
Description
Enables packet flooding on one or more ports.
Syntax Description
portlist Specifies one or more ports or slots and ports. On a modular switch, can be a list of slots and ports.
On a stand-alone switch, can be one or more port numbers. May be in the form 1, 2, 3-5, 2:*, 2:5,
2:6-2:8.
Default
Ports are enabled for learning, not flooding.
Usage Guidelines
This command configures the specified ports to act like a hub. When flooding is enabled on a particular
port, all frames and packets are passed on to other member ports that have flooding enabled. This
includes all broadcast, multicast, known unicast and unknown unicast packets (including EDP). To
make effective use of this feature you should have flooding enabled on more than one port.
When ports are configured for flooding, the FDB will be flushed for the entire system, which means all
the entries in the dynamic FDB must be relearned.
On a modular switch,
<portlist>
can be one or more port numbers. For a detailed explanation of port specification, see "Modular Switch
Numerical Ranges" or "Stand-alone Switch Numerical Ranges" in Chapter 1.
Example
The following command enables flooding on ports 6, 7, and 8 on a stand-alone switch:
enable flooding ports 6,7,8
History
This command was first available in ExtremeWare 6.2.1.
Platform Availability
This command is available on "i"-series platforms.
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can be a list of slots and ports. On a stand-alone switch,
<portlist>
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