Enterasys SmartSwitch 6000, User Manual

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The Device View
2-66 Managing the Module
To reset the Peak Rate and Time Since Peak values:
1. Shift- or Control-click to select one or more interfaces for which you want to
reset the values.
2. Click on the Reset Peak Rate and Peak Time on Selected Ports:
drop-down list box, and select YES.
3. Click on the Apply button. The Peak Rate and Time Since Peak values will be
reset for the selected interfaces.
Threshold
The maximum number of received broadcast frames per second that may be forwarded by
this interface to other interfaces on the device. Any number of broadcast frames received
over this threshold will be dropped. The default value for the interface is near the
theoretical maximum frames per second for the interface, i.e., 14,880 for 10Mb Ethernet
interface, 148,880 for 100Mb Ethernet or 1,488,800 for Gigabit Ethernet.
To change the Receive Broadcast Threshold:
1. Shift- or Control-click to select one or more interfaces for which you want to
change the broadcast packet threshold.
2. Highlight the value currently in the Receive Broadcast Threshold on
Selected Ports: field and type in a new broadcast threshold value. Allowable
values begin at 10 and proceed in multiples of ten.
3. Click on the Apply button. The new threshold will be applied to the selected
interfaces. Any broadcast frames received by the interface exceeding the set
threshold will be dropped.
The System Resources Window
The System Resources window displays attributes of the SmartSwitch 6000 or Matrix E7
module’s CPU (including CPU type, and installed and available memory), as well as the
current and peak utilization of the CPU for switching. It also lets you reserve the desired
amount of CPU processing used for switching or management purposes, as well as reset
the peak switch utilization information.
NOTE
When you enter a value less than 10, the threshold will default to a value of 0. If you enter
a value that is not a multiple of 10 it will default to the last multiple of 10, i.e., if you enter
15 as the new threshold value, the threshold value will be set to 10; if you enter 49 as the
new threshold value, the threshold value will be set to 40.