Operation Manual – IP Addressing and Performance
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 IP Performance Configuration
2-2
2.2.1 Enabling Reception of Directed Broadcasts to a Directly Connected
Network
If a device is enabled to receive directed broadcasts, the device will determine whether
to forward them according to the configuration on the outgoing interface.
Follow these steps to enable the device to receive directed broadcasts:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable the device to
receive directed
broadcasts
ip forward-broadcast
Required
By default, the device is
disabled from receiving
directed broadcasts.
2.2.2 Enabling Forwarding of Directed Broadcasts to a Directly Connected
Network
Follow these steps to enable the device to forward directed broadcasts:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Enable the interface to
forward directed
broadcasts
ip forward-broadcast
[
acl acl-number
]
Required
By default, the device is
disabled from forwarding
directed broadcasts.
Note:
z
You can reference an ACL to forward only directed broadcasts permitted by the
ACL.
z
If you execute the
ip forward-broadcast acl
command on an interface repeatedly,
the last execution overwrites the previous one. If the command executed last time
does not include the
acl
acl-number
, the ACL configured previously will be
removed.