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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Chapter 13 Configuring CEF for PFC2 and PFC3A
Configuring the MLS IP-Directed Broadcasts on the Switch
Clearing the NetFlow Statistics Totals
The
clear mls statistics
command clears the following NetFlow statistics:
•
Total packets that are switched (IP and IPX)
•
Total packets that are exported (for NDE)
To clear the NetFlow statistic totals, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to clear the NetFlow statistics totals:
Console> (enable)
clear mls statistics
All mls statistics cleared.
Console> (enable)
Displaying the NetFlow Statistics Debug Information
The
show mls debug
command displays the NetFlow statistics debug information that you can send to
your technical support representative for analysis if necessary.
To display the NetFlow statistics debug information, perform this task:
Note
The
show tech-support
command displays supervisor engine system information. Use
application-specific commands to get more information about particular applications.
Configuring the MLS IP-Directed Broadcasts on the Switch
The IP-directed broadcasts are used primarily for ticker-type (stock quote) devices; however, when the
feature is enabled on router interfaces, it provides a means to enable malicious denial-of-service attacks.
An IP-directed broadcast is a datagram that is sent to the broadcast address of a subnet to which the
sending machine is not directly connected. The directed broadcast is routed through the network as a
unicast packet until it arrives at the target subnet, where it is converted into a link layer broadcast. Due
to the IP addressing architecture, only the last router in the chain, the one that is connected directly to
the target subnet, can conclusively identify an IP-directed broadcast.
Before supervisor engine software release 7.2(2), the IP-directed broadcast traffic was handled by
enabling the IP-directed broadcasts using the
ip directed-broadcast
command on the MSFC. The MSFC
handled the traffic at the process level, which caused high CPU utilization.
Task
Command
Clear the NetFlow statistics totals.
clear mls statistics
Task
Command
Display the NetFlow statistics debug
information that you can send to your
technical support representative.
show mls debug